Mandarin Chinese and Chinese culture (history, traditions, current life ways and business culture)

From 76.65 C$ /h

I specialize in tutoring madarin Chinese and Chinese culture for beginners and people who need to travel or study in China or develope business with Chinese counterparts.
I had been a university language teacher for 7 years and then worked for international trade promotion for 11 years. To learn a language is not just about the pronounciation, words and sententies. It is about the combination learning of the language and its culture, including its history, traditional culture, current thinking and life ways and modern development .
You set up your goal, and I come up with help.

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Plantijnstraat, Leiden, Netherlands

About Me

1. Creative and practical teaching method
2. Specific teaching plan for specific student with specific learning goal
3. Deep understanding of learning process and cultural difference
4. Hobbies: traveling and cooking

Education

Bachelor, Education, Henan Normal University, China -- First Prize Scholarship Winner
Master, cross-culture communication in Applied Linguistics, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China -- First Prize Scholarship Winner

Experience / Qualifications

1. 7 year university language teacher -- University Top ten Excellent Teachers Winner
2. 11 year international trade promotion experience

Age

Children (7-12 years old)

Teenagers (13-17 years old)

Adults (18-64 years old)

Seniors (65+ years old)

Student level

Beginner

Intermediate

Advanced

Duration

60 minutes

The class is taught in

English

Chinese

Skills

Chinese

Mandarin chinese

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Pinju

5.0

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As long as you want to learn mandarin, I can always help you!

No matter which level you are now, I can assist you to improve your language proficiency.
My lesson is fun, cheerful and inspiring
With 5 years experience in personal tutoring and 3 years in teaching mandarin for non-native speakers in different levels. ( beginners to advanced)

Wanqi

5.0

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If you are willing to learn Chinese - as a hobby or for serious purposes - the lessons I offer are for you. I am a native speaker with one year of experience in teaching. This course aims at improving your speaking, reading and writing skills and it will allow you to learn Chinese in a fun way. With my experience I will help you overcome obstacles and you can achieve significant results in a relatively short period of time.

About me
I am a Master student and I specialize International Politics in Leiden University now. I like reading, painting and doing format design. My interest in philosophy and art encourages me to keep curiosity. I'm enthusiastic and enjoy spending time on talking to people with different stories.

Katherine

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I am a native-Chinese speaker, and also a Chinese writer with more than 5,000,000 fans in China. I instruct and assist with both educational and business mandarin Chinese in a multi-faceted nature covering a wide range of areas including comprehension, conversation, grammar, and situational skills, in addition to working on general language skills and accent training.

From a true native's perspective, i understand the difficulty to learn Chinese both for beginners and advanced students. As a writer, I have my own understanding and experience in using language, which is helpful to learn Chinese in a easy way.

For beginners,the content of lessons would be:

Lesson 1: How are you
How to introduce yourself
How to use Personal Pronoun
How to pronounce Chinese A to Z
Chinese syllable pronouniation
How to count 1-10 in Chinese

Lesson 2: What are your hobbies
How to describe your hobbies
the present tense and the present continuous tense
auxiliary verbs and word order

Lesson 3:Who is that
How to describe your family members
the indefinite article and the definite article
How to use singular or plural words in Chinese
The usage of conjunction

Lesson 4:What are you doing
How to describe your daily life
How to describe the time in Chinese
Making an appointment
Modal verbs

Lesson 5:How much is it
Seasons
Week and Month
The usage of Personal Pronoun
the order of Chinese numbers

Lesson 6: Are you waiting for the bus
Transportation situation
How to use "no"

Lesson 7:Where are you living
How to describe your house
Asking for an address
demonstrative pronoun
the adverb
Comparative Adjectives

Lesson 8:What have you done
past tense
How to describe your holidays
The present and past perfect tenses
inverted sentence

Lesson 9:May I order now
Making an order in a restaruant
Food
Asking for help
Superlative forms of adjectives

Lesson 10:Do you have another color and size
Color
Shopping
How to decribe your outfit

Lesson 11:
Review&Practice

If you are an advanced student, please contact me about the advanced lessons in details.

Shan

5.0

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Hi, I'm Shan. Glad to meet you here!

I was born and brought up in China. I came to the Netherlands after my master study in Beijing and worked as researcher at Utrecht University and later as teacher at Erasmus University. I specialize in teaching Mandarin Chinese to both absolute beginners and advanced-level students. No matter you are preparing for future career, HSK exams or out of pure interest, your goal will be achieved with my professional instruction.

My class is well-organized and fun. Step by step, you will be able to speak Mandarin Chinese fluently!

Three key characteristics of my class:

- Communication oriented
- Culturally related
- Real-life materials for practice

Ready to start? Send me a message.

Ruiqi

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Learning Chinese isn't as stressful as it seems. The key is to have fun and to constantly practice with a native speaker. I teach Chinese for both speaking, writing and reading. I have been tutoring Chinese for years and I have designed various exercises for learning Pinyin, practicing standard pronunciation with gesture as well as daily communicative exercises.

During the lesson, I'd love to my students to speak Chinese as much as they can. Trust me, It's the best way to learn. I also plan game&movie events regularly to help my students get a closer look to the culture.

Marina

5.0

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I am a professional full-time Chinese Mandarin teacher from the North of China where Mandarin comes from.
I have been teaching for about 10 years as a teacher. I have my own school and website for studying Chinese. Students' ages are from 3 to adults. They are from all over the world. You can study with me online / come to my office /Go-home lessons. Classes can be one-to-one or group classes.

I have been helping numerous people learn to speak Chinese and do exam HSK. Children always have fun learning Mandarin with me. I teach Mandarin for business purposes, traveling, YCT (for Children and teenagers), BCT (business Chinese), Conversational practice, Advanced level Chinese classes, etc. Any levels are all welcome.
Classes type:
Daily Chinese
HSK class: Level 1--Level 6
HSKK class: HSK speaking test (Beginner to advanced)
Chinese grammar class
BCT / Startup Business in China: Business Chinese (Beginner to Advanced)
YCT class: Level 1--Level 6 for children to teenagers
Easy steps to Chinese: 3-12 years old children
There are some other classes that welcome you to message me.

I grew up and had educations in China. I moved to Europe for teaching Chinese in 2019 Nov.
I am fun, active, very patient, and responsible. I have never come late to all of my classes for more than 10 years.
For children's classes, I prepare songs, videos, cartoons, teaching, and explaining at the same time, They learn really fast and never feel bored when they are excited with a fun teacher and materials. I believe that interest is the best teacher. So I try my best to prepare before classes and send materials after classes to students.

The classes can be taught in Chinese, English.

Yiwen

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Hey!
Nice to meet you here. Are you interested in Chinese culture or want to learn Chinese or are you preparing for HSK exam, you are at the right place!

Who am I?
I am Chinese and work as a teacher in a school. For more than 15 years till now, I am active in teaching students from different cultural backgrounds. I have years of experience in teaching 1-on-1 private lessons to all kinds of students and also in classes from young to seniors, groups with 20 students, .
What kind of help can you get from me?
You will receive customized courses and professional guidance. All skills, speaking (good Mandarin), writing, listening and reading, you can practice with me. In addition to the exercises in your book, I will also give you training to solve the bottleneck and to be always agile. The teaching methods are flexible and goal-oriented. Modern teaching device is used such as laptop and Touch screen screen to explain clearly for you and to learn interactively

I will provide you with additional support materials related to the specific lesson content, such as practice aids, videos, etc. You can easily access these materials online and easily review the lesson at home.

In short, you experience real lessons like at school but in a nice atmosphere and at the same time you certainly see yourself making progress with your language skills.

You are welcome to book a trial lesson in which we can plan the lesson together for you.

Vivi

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I am a native Chinese speaker (no accent) who can also speak English in a proficiency level. I am very experienced in tutoring, especially in Chinese. I have a unique way of teaching and I can also speak many dialects in China. I am currently a student in Erasmus university. All my previous students agree that I am really helpful and friendly.

Shiuan

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Teacher training certificate, Leiden University ICLON. Traditional and Simplified Mandarin Chinese. Taiwan. 13+ years of experience. Private lessons, tutoring, in business and in high school. All-round skills- understanding, speaking, reading, writing and typing.

About the lessons
Learn Mandarin Chinese>>Easy with Shiuan.
My name is Shiuan and I have been teaching Mandarin Chinese since 2010. Keywords for my philosophy as a teacher:
- MAKE MANDARIN CHINESE YOUR OWN LANGUAGE!
- SELF-CONFIDENCE
- INCLUDING and OPEN-MINDED. I teach both Simplified (China) and Traditional Chinese (Taiwan, Hong Kong)
- PRAGMATIC and HANDS-ON. I use textbooks as well as multi-media eg smart phone, tablets and computers in my lessons.
- POSITIVE ENERGY. To inspire and take you on a journey as you discover and learn the Chinese language.
- CUSTOMIZED and INDIVIDUAL. It is always only about your goal, your talent and your qualities.

I am from Taipei Taiwan ROC I have been living in the Netherlands since 1998. Lessons in Dutch or English. Traditional and/or simplified. Speak, understand, read, write and type pinyin. All-round skills.

# traditional Chinese
# simple Chinese
# listening skills
# fluency
# reading skills
# writing skills
# Chinese calligraphy
# lessons in Dutch, English or Chinese
# application to your situation: life, work, travel, study, internet and media, art, culture and literature consideration.
# individually, in groups, at school or in a company.

Yuxi

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Hello, I'm xixi ! Nice to meet you .
I am a Chinese , I have two years of teaching experience.I have worked as a teacher in a Chinese educational institution, entered a competition and won the first prize in Chinese.I passed the Putonghua proficiency test in China and obtained a certificate in Mandarin .
In the course, I will teach according to your Chinese level to help you improve your Chinese faster. And take you to understand Chinese culture.

Yong

5.0

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Hola,

My name is Ashley! I've had many experiences tutoring and working with children of different age groups and backgrounds, because I'm especially passionate about helping people overcome their learning barriers and achieve their potential. I am a native English and Chinese speaker, who have also grown up speaking Bahasa Indonesian. I am comfortable teaching Maths up to High School advanced level (depending on the syllabus eg. GCSE, International Baccalaureate), and English and Literature for both second-language and first-language speakers.
Essentially, I am interested to help you according to your needs, whether that is after-school homework, extra classes about a difficult concept, proofreading your essay, or learning a new language. If you have any questions or would like to discuss this a bit further, just reach out!

Annan

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Chinese is one of the most spoken languages in the world. There are 1.39 billion Chinese speakers in mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, and worldwide Chinese communities, with 1 million new learners each year. Learning Chinese has become increasingly important these years due to China's economic growth and expansion of the Chinese market, which could create more business opportunities. Also, Chinese is a beautiful and necessary language for Chinese culture enjoyers to understand Chinese culture through the letters and patterns in the Chinese Language.

This class aims to teach Chinese to A1 to B1 level learners. Practice papers will be provided accordingly to teach the students effectively. We will start by learning the pinyin (romanization of Chinese vowels and alphabet), then identify Chinese words, form simple phrases, learn new vocabulary, use grammatical tenses, and learn simple literary devices to form more complex sentences.

Jiaying

5.0

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Are you ready to start your journey into the Chinese language and culture?

Hi, everyone! I’m a passionate Chinese tutor with 3 years of teaching experience, and I also speak English and Italian fluently. My classes are designed to be interactive, engaging, and tailored to your personal learning style.

Whether you are a complete beginner or looking to improve your speaking, listening, reading, or writing skills, I will guide you step by step with clear explanations and practical examples.

Here’s how I can help you:
- HSK Exam Preparation – step-by-step practice in listening, speaking, reading, and writing to help you pass with confidence.
- School & University Exam Support – focused lessons to review vocabulary, grammar, and test strategies so you can achieve higher grades.
- Daily Communication – improve your speaking and listening for travel, business, or everyday life in China.
- Young Learners – fun, creative lessons for children, with games, songs, and activities to build interest and a strong foundation in Chinese.
- Cultural Insights – learn the “why” behind the words: traditions, customs, and modern Chinese culture.

* No previous knowledge of Chinese is required — just bring your curiosity and enthusiasm.
* I provide personalized learning materials and homework to help you practice outside class.
* If you have specific goals (travel, business, exams, or cultural interest), I will adapt the lessons to meet your needs

Sabina

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I have been teaching Chinese for about 10 years, and over this time I’ve built a rich collection of teaching materials — including modern textbooks, interactive exercises and authentic texts adapted to different levels.
In my lessons, I pay great attention to phonetics, since Chinese is a tonal language that differs greatly from European ones. Correct pronunciation at the early stage helps students build a strong foundation for confident speaking later on.
My teaching style focuses on active communication — I encourage my students to speak as much as possible, even from the first lessons. We practice real-life dialogues, listening comprehension, and vocabulary expansion in a natural way.
I work with both children (through interactive and playful lessons) and adults, helping them achieve their goals — whether it’s travel, daily communication, or professional fluency.
I would be delighted to share my knowledge and help students achieve confidence and success in learning Chinese!
I hope to see you on my lessons!

Chenxi

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Why learn with me? I am currently a graduate student at TU Delft with extensive tutoring experience. I hold the Advanced Certificate in Putonghua (Standard Mandarin). Beyond academics, I work as a professional screenwriter, which gives me a deep and precise understanding of the Chinese language, storytelling, and rhetoric.

What I offer:
All Levels Welcome: Whether you are a complete beginner or an advanced learner looking to polish your business or literary Chinese, I can guide you.
Cultural Immersion: Language is the key to culture. I love introducing students to Chinese history, trends, and traditions.

My goal is to help you not just speak, but truly understand the nuance and beauty of the language.