Chinese Language

*The copyright of the following level system is from China National Language Committee. Before starting to learn Chinese or learn Chinese online, you need to know your current level. Please join a assessment. Chinese language has over 5,000 years history and was reformed for many times.
Chinese language, that is the common language of the Han nationality, is one of the world's major languages, is the world's largest number of language use. Chinese is a Sino-Tibetan language, is the most important language in the language. In addition to China, Hong Kong SAR, Macao SAR and Taiwan Province of China outside the Chinese also located in the Republic of Singapore, Malaysia and other countries. National People's Congress of Chinese natives are about 1.4 billion (3000 million as a second language). Chinese is one of the working languages of the United Nations.

0																		Zero
1																		Survival 1
2																		Survival 2
3																		Survival 3
4																		Beginner 1
5																		Beginner 2
6																		Beginner 3
7																		Intermediate 1
8																		Intermediate 2
9																		Intermediate 3
10																		Advanced 1
11																		Advanced 2
12																		Advanced 3
13																		Mastery 1
14																		Mastery 2
15																		Mastery 3

			Survival (3 levels) - After completing Survival, the student is capable of holding simple conversation in Chinese/Mandarin.
			Beginner (3 levels) - The student learns how to express himself/herself using simple expressions. Also, colloquial vocabulary for everyday situations is introduced.
			Intermediate (3 levels) - At this level, the student can hold a conversation with a medium to high degree of fluency, can understand complex dialogues and narratives.
			Advanced (3 levels) - The student consolidates fluency and can use Chinese in a typical business environment such as meetings.
			Mastery (3 levels) - The objective is that the student continues to improve fluency, masters the use of complex expressions, comprehends difficult reading assignments, and learns to write in different style, always with a business focus.

Requirements	Minimum Level
Talk with Chinese people around general topics without translator	Beginner Level 3
For Independent Travelers to China	Survival Level 3
To Do Business in Chinese or to work in China	Intermediate Level 3
For Applicants to University / College of China	Intermediate Level 3
For Learners of Herbalist Doctor and Chinese Traditional Medicine in China	Mastery Level 1
For HSK exam, SAT II Exam of America or GCSE exam of UK	Intermediate Level 3

Chinese Language Level	Average Required Learning Period
Survival Level 1-3	4-6 Months
Beginner Level 1-3	4-6 Months
Intermediate Level 1-3	7-12 Months
Advanced 1-3	7-12 Months
Mastery Level 1-3	7-12 Months

Level Assessment

Standard Chinese language to the north in recent centuries based on Mandarin, Northeastern Mandarin to assist the gradual formation. Its voice to ring clear and true in Beijing, but not equal to the Beijing dialect, a rejection of Beijing's voice does not regulate the formation of voice phenomena. Standard Chinese language is called Putonghua in mainland China, known as the Mandarin in Taiwan, in Singapore, Malaysia, known as the Chinese. In the broad sense, refers to the Han Chinese as the main language, narrow sense refers to Mandarin, in addition to Mandarin, Mandarin, Chinese and Science that such names are in Chinese. There is no doubt that Chinese is the world's largest number of language use, the world's approximately 1 / 5 of people use Chinese as their mother tongue. Chinese have their language around the country and has an important influence. Such as Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, have retained a large number of Chinese words and Chinese writing system by writing. Chinese is a Chinese language.