LEARN CHINESE IN YOUR LOCAL AREA
HELP CUSTOMERS ORDER A MEAL IN CHINESE
HELP CUSTOMERS ORDER A MEAL IN CHINESE
Classes every Monday 🧧
Welcome in the Year of the Fire Horse by learning Mandarin Chinese and sharing good wishes with your friends and colleagues
马到成功 🐴
Mǎdàochénggōng
When the horse arrives, success!
新年快乐 🧧
Xīnnián kuàilè
Happy New Year
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 our 6pm Monday night classes in Bundall on the Gold Coast, or make a 1:1 appointment, the first lesson is free.
Download your Chinese Horoscope for 2026 here
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
Check it out
欢迎
Huānyíng
warm welcome
Practise simple phrases in Mandarin Chinese for effective communication, using readily available applications and intercultural communication skills.
Introductory lessons and short courses for Australians - we make learning Chinese fun.
吃喝玩乐
Chinese people love a four character idiomatic expression, try out this popular saying next time you eat out with friends!
Chīhē wánlè - eat, drink and be merry!
吃 chī eat
喝 hē drink
玩 wán play
乐 lè enjoy
好 hǎo
good
This word can be used in many contexts to signify all is well and complete.
女 nǚ woman + 子zǐ child 👍🏼
很好 hěn hǎo very good
很好吃 hěn hǎo chī delicious
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大家好 dàjiā hǎo
(big family good) hello everyone 🙂
This greeting welcomes everyone and is sure to get a smile.
大 dà big is a person holding their arms out wide.
家 jiā combines 宀 roof with 豕 pig meaning family and home, because traditional houses had spaces for livestock downstairs.
家人 jiā rén family members
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Some simple phrases to start with:
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
Get onboard with vocational language learning in schools - we offer professional development training and supervision for teachers offering Cert II and III in Applied Languages
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 2024, we can anticipate a 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.
For teachers ready to implement a vocational language learning program in your school, please get in touch and we'll see what we can do together.
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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