Clearly define your learning goals
You need to ask yourself the question: What do you study Chinese for? Never start without clearly defining your action goals. Not having clearly defined goals will easily make you confused between different learning orientations and methods, gradually causing boredom and loss of time.

Ask yourself the question and answer it in the most serious way: What do you study Chinese for? Whether it’s simply studying for a hobby or studying for work, clearly defining your goals will help you see more clearly what you need to do, need to learn, and eliminate distracting, time-consuming content. time in the learning process and be able to map out a roadmap to help you achieve that goal.

Find a curriculum to study
Currently, there are countless books to learn Chinese. I only recommend books that are studied by many people and have been successful.

Chinese Language Textbook: This is probably the most famous series with 6 volumes in ascending order. To learn all 6 books, it also takes quite a lot of time. But if you just need to listen to basic reading and writing, 3 books are ok. Then it can be improved over time by getting more exposure to Chinese. This is also the standard curriculum taught.

HSK syllabus: There are also 6 books, this is an academic and in-depth curriculum. You need to study this course to get a degree, if you have a degree, you can study abroad or apply for a job.

Syllabus 301: A course for those who don’t have much time. Textbook of 301 Chinese conversation sentences will help you listen and speak as quickly as possible.

Boya curriculum: Focus on grammar, lots of exercises to practice. This is a textbook that summarizes a lot of knowledge, so it is relatively heavy.

Finish the course introduction. Let’s go to the section on how to learn Chinese for beginners.

Learn Chinese speaking rules
In Chinese, tone is perhaps the most basic part. You should start by focusing on Transcription. In which, Phonetic = Vowel + Consonant + Sign (Operation Model + Thanh Mau + Tone tone).

In terms of transliteration, Chinese is quite similar to Vietnamese. You should spend 1-2 weeks exposed to it.

See the article below to understand better.

1. Transport pattern (vowel)

In Chinese, there are 35 vowels (called yun ma).

2. Sample bar (consonant)

In Chinese, there are 21 consonants (also known as tones). Consists of 18 single consonants and 3 double consonants. There are two more informal consonants: y and w are the vowels i and u when they are at the beginning of a sentence.

3. System Tone (accent)

In Chinese, there are 4 tones (signs).