Who we are
NetChai Chinese is the free English-language learning site of NetChai, an online Chinese school based in Japan. Since our school opened, our native Chinese teachers have taught live one-on-one Mandarin lessons to thousands of students — and this site brings that classroom experience to everyone, one phrase at a time.
Why NetChai Chinese?
NetChai is an online Chinese school operated by a Japanese company. For Japanese learners of Chinese, it is one of Japan's largest online Chinese schools. Today it also serves learners in English-speaking countries, including the UK, the US, Canada, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines.
Our teachers
Our teachers are all Chinese and speak standard Mandarin. Every teacher speaks Japanese, and many of them speak basic English.
Chinese lessons for Chinese families abroad
We also offer lessons for children from Chinese families living in English-speaking countries. Two courses are available: a children's Chinese course with 100 lessons using NetChai's original teaching materials, and a course using Yuwen, the Chinese language textbook used in primary schools in China. They are designed for children living outside China who want to keep learning Chinese as a heritage or second language.
Learn more about these courses on NetChai's main site.
What you'll find here
Practical Mandarin, explained the way our teachers explain it in class: the phrase itself, when to use it (and when not to), how to pronounce it, natural variations, and real example sentences — every entry with pinyin and audio.
About the audio
How we keep it accurate
Content is drafted by the NetChai Chinese team, checked against our school's own teaching materials, and progressively reviewed by our native teachers. Found something off? Tell us via netchai.jp — we fix things fast.
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