I have put together a series of Mandarin Lessons by sorting through materials out there on cyberspace, which are very useful when complemented with face-to-face follow-up and practice, and some formal lessons.

China is the world’s factory, and a large potential market as well.  For entrepreneurs wanting to do business with China, a few words of conversational Mandarin can go a long way.

Here are some interesting simple exercises.

Lesson 1: Counting 1 to 10
Lesson 2: Counting 1 to 999
Lesson 3:  The Four Tones of Mandarin
Lesson 4:  Learning Pinyin through Song

Pinyin Tone Game – the computer pronounces the sound, and you enter the tone number.
Chinese to English Translation – If you find an unfamiliar Chinese character, enter the character via a mouse input method and find the translation.