6 Best Mandarin Courses on Coursera
We compared 6 Mandarin courses currently listed on Coursera, priced from $49.00 to $79.00. 2 come from a named university or institution, including Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Peking University. They are ordered by our CourseAsk score, which is built from how thoroughly each course describes what it teaches, whether it comes from a named institution, and how it compares on price — not from star ratings, which our course data does not include.
- Courses compared
- 6
- Price range
- $49.00 – $79.00
- Providers
- Coursera
- Last updated
- 30 Aug 2026
How these 6 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, matched to "mandarin" by our catalog and ordered by our CourseAsk score. Courses whose own title names the topic rank above those only tagged with it.
The grade on each entry scores how much the provider publishes about the course before you pay — the length and detail of the description, whether it lists learning outcomes and objectives — and whether a named university or institution stands behind it. A is fully documented and institution-backed; E is little more than a title and a price. Courses with almost nothing published are left ungraded rather than marked down, because an unknown course and a poor one are not the same thing.
There are no star ratings on this page — the course feeds we license do not include them, and we would rather leave a column out than fill it with a number we cannot stand behind. What we do have is price: these range from $49.00 to $79.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Mandarin Chinese 3: Chinese for Beginners
Offered by Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Mandarin Chinese 3: Chinese for beginners is a beginner's course of Mandarin Chinese in continuation of Mandarin Chinese 2: Chinese for beginners. It uses lectures, short plays, interactive exercises and cultural tips to...
$79.00listed price -
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Learn Mandarin Chinese
Offered by Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Come and learn the language which is spoken by more than 1 billion people and is getting more and more learners. This may enable you to know and do business with people from one of the world's biggest economies. This spe...
$49.00listed price -
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Chinese for HSK 3 PART II
Offered by Peking University
大家好！Hi, everyone, welcome to join our Chinese for HSK Level 3 course. This is CHEN Li and LU Yun, and we are very happy to meet you here! Chinese for HSK 3 is a 10-week course. It consists of two parts: Part I, which...
$79.00listed price -
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Chinese for Beginners
Offered by Peking University
Immerse yourself in the captivating world of Chinese culture and language with our ABC Chinese course for beginners. This comprehensive course provides an introduction to Mandarin phonetics and essential daily expression...
$49.00listed price -
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Learn Chinese: HSK Test Preparation
Offered by Peking University
This specialization consists of three elementary language courses, aims to improve your Chinese language skills effectively and systematically. This specialization introduces everyday language and includes activities to...
$49.00listed price -
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Chinese for HSK 6
Offered by Peking University
HSK六级课程旨在通过学习HSK六级相关内容提高学习者的汉语水平，并帮助学习者在HSK六级考试中获得好成绩。 HSK六级慕课课程共12周，分为两个部分。 第一部分：汉语知识与技能课。侧重于教六级水平的汉语语言知识，训练表达技能，以HSK真...
$49.00listed price
Best Mandarin Courses on Coursera compared
| # | Course | Provider | Offered by | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mandarin Chinese 3: Chinese for Beginners | Coursera | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | $79.00 | View → |
| 2 | Learn Mandarin Chinese | Coursera | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | $49.00 | View → |
| 3 | Chinese for HSK 3 PART II | Coursera | Peking University | $79.00 | View → |
| 4 | Chinese for Beginners | Coursera | Peking University | $49.00 | View → |
| 5 | Learn Chinese: HSK Test Preparation | Coursera | Peking University | $49.00 | View → |
| 6 | Chinese for HSK 6 | Coursera | Peking University | $49.00 | View → |
Prices shown are the provider's listed price when we last updated this page. Confirm on their site before enrolling.
What the prices here tell you
The 6 priced courses on this page run from $49.00 to $79.00, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $30.00. The options are closely priced, so cost is unlikely to be your deciding factor. A higher price on this page usually reflects who is behind the course rather than how much material it contains, so it is worth opening two or three at different price points and comparing their syllabus before deciding.
Who is behind these courses
These courses come from Coursera. Everything on this page is sold on the one platform, so the buying experience is the same whichever you pick. 2 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Peking University — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.
Before you enrol
Open the provider’s own page and check three things this comparison cannot tell you: when the course was last updated, what the syllabus actually covers in its later sections, and what recent learners say. Prices shown here are the provider’s listed price when we last rebuilt this page on 30 August 2026 — they change often, and a promotion can move them substantially. We earn a commission if you enrol through our links, which costs you nothing and never affects the order courses appear in.