LEARN CHINESE IN YOUR LOCAL AREA
HELP CUSTOMERS ORDER A MEAL IN CHINESE
HELP CUSTOMERS ORDER A MEAL IN CHINESE
欢迎
huānyíng
welcome
Learn Chinese
on the GC
Group lessons
$50
Individual classes
$100
First lesson online
FREE
Get in Touch
Lisa is an Australian teacher with years of experience in China
0410568928
Classes every Monday 🧧
Modern tools make learning languages accessible and fun.
We help you to practise communicating with Chinese speakers. You'll be able to make friends, provide excellent customer service, and do business successfully. Learn to order a meal, connect on WeChat and understand more about Chinese culture.
Come along to 6pm Monday group classes in Bundall ($50) on the Gold Coast. Make a 1:1 appointment, the first lesson online is free.
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2026 Year of the Fire Horse 🧧
In the Dragon Year, we partnered with Experience Gold Coast to produce a video of 5 quick tips for greeting and engaging with Chinese speaking visitors
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吃喝玩乐
Chinese people love a four character idiomatic expression, try out this popular saying next time you eat out with friends!
chī hē wán lè - eat, drink and be merry!
吃 chī eat
喝 hē drink
玩 wán play
乐 lè be merry
Some simple phrases to start with:
好 hǎo
good
This word can be used in many contexts to signify all is well and complete. It combines:
女 nǚ woman + 子zǐ child 👍🏼
很好 hěn hǎo very good
很好吃 hěn hǎo chī delicious
🍜
大家好 dàjiā hǎo
(big family good) hello everyone 🙂
This greeting welcomes everyone and is sure to get a smile.
大 dà big
a person holding their arms out wide.
家 jiā home, family
combines 宀 roof with 豕 pig traditional houses had spaces for livestock downstairs.
家人 jiā rén family members
🏠
说中文 shuō zhōngwén speak Chinese
ACBC Gold Coast
Business Speed Connect
March 2025
Local MP Rob Molhoek and ACBC Queensland CEO Gerard Robb hosted a night of for local businesses to connect and network at Shafston College. We had a great chat about language, history and culture, with some readily available technology to help us practise speaking Chinese.
Individuals
Private and small group classes available for individuals and organisations - we make learning Mandarin Chinese fun and interesting for all ages and backgrounds
Business
Warm Welcome is a six lesson program designed for tourism and hospitality - we can design a bespoke intercultural training program for your workplace to enhance China literacy
Schools
Plan a China Day
We'll bring Monkey Magic, Lion Dance, language and culture classes and lunch to your school.
How about a day in Chinatown with an amazing race and a dumpling meal?
Consultant Trainer
Lisa Gay 盖丽莎
Learning Mandarin Chinese at ANU started me in a career working in schools, vocational colleges and universities, investigating the most successful ways to teach Chinese to Australians.
In 2019, inbound tourism from China was worth $12.4 billion, overtaking New Zealand as our largest source of travellers. In 2026, we are seeing the return of Chinese speaking visitors, as free and independent travellers keen to explore regional Australia.
The 2021 Census revealed that Mandarin is already the second most commonly spoken language in Australia. The time has come for us to make more of an effort to engage effectively with Chinese speakers.
Meanwhile, modern technologies, such as Google Translate, WeChat, and Youtube, make learning languages and connecting with people so much easier and more accessible.
If you are interested in learning Chinese for business, or so you can explore the Chinese speaking world, we will design a course that suits your needs. Our classes are flexible, and affordable for individuals or groups.
We arrange incursions to schools for China Day, and excursions to Chinatown, get in touch.
It’s been great. It’s been fun, engaging, very interactive, loved it.
John, Finance
It’s an awesome way to learn, she’s approachable and is a really good teacher. I’ll be speaking Chinese before I know it.
Sherry, Nurse
Lots of fun, great introduction,
really whetted my appetite to learn more.
Derek, Engineer
Lisa is truly amazing! Lisa in 10 lessons has helped me as a complete beginner of being able to speak no Chinese to now being able to have a good understanding of most basic sentences, phrases, numbers, colours, the history and culture! I’ve had such an amazing experience so far and have loved my lessons and the value Lisa has given me! Highly recommend if you are wanting to learn Chinese.
Jasmine, Personal Trainer
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