Learn Easily and Efficiently!Follow our highly intuitive, patent-pending order of characters and words that only unlocks content perfectly suited to your level. Then, use the powerful mnemonic techniques of memory athletes to learn with a fraction of the usual effort and time investment.Develop Deep Authentic Proficiency in Chinese!With the Mandarin Blueprint Method, you won’t just ‘get by,’ in Chinese. You will gain a deep understanding from the bottom up. By following our easy, step-by-step curriculum you will develop a solid foundation of reading and listening, which will allow you to become fluent much faster overall.Have FUN.Go entirely at your own pace, make friends with a warm and supportive community of fellow learners, and have a blast all the way to literacy and fluency, with two expert coaches there guiding you every step of the way.Basically, you’ll have a blast from start to finish, and you’ll have two expert coaches there to guide you every step of the way.
Reviewers overwhelmingly had a great experience with this company. Customers deeply appreciate the exceptionally well-structured lessons and find the innovative learning methods engaging, highly intuitive, and remarkably effective for mastering vocabulary and characters quickly. People frequently mention that the extremely supportive community and practical daily tools make the entire language learning journey truly enjoyable and deeply motivating.
However, some customers also noted that imagining scenes and choosing sets for the memorization technique could initially feel challenging and required a significant amount of time at the beginning. A few learners additionally mentioned finding certain visual aspects tricky when trying to picture specific tones and distinct scenes clearly.
Luke and Phil do not joke around when it comes to the Chinese learning process. They do however, make jokes about other things. I started this course 6 weeks ago and it has made a huge difference to my ability to correctly pronounce sounds and understand characters. I highly recommend this course for learners at any stage!
Mandarin Blueprint 回复2025-12-23
Haha Glad you think so . We’re so happy to hear the course is making such a difference in your pronunciation and understanding. Keep up the great work!
I have been trying to learn mandarin for a few years, using many of the apps, YouTube channels, podcasts, textbooks, & even had a tutor for a period. The Hanzi Movie method delivered by Mandarin Blueprint is by far the best methodology I’ve come across & I can’t recommend it enough. A study session doesn’t even feel like a study session. The Traverse app used to support review of flash cards is brilliant, the method of memorising using stories/movie scenes is fun but robust, and Luke and Phil, the teachers on the course, are just fantastic. They’re so engaging, encouraging, & really know their stuff. The Mandarin Blueprint course is a really professional, organised & effective product - I highly recommend.
Mandarin Blueprint 回复2025-12-23
Thank you so much for your amazing review and Kind words . We’re thrilled the Hanzi Movie method and Traverse app are making learning Mandarin fun and effective. We'll be cheering you on all the way to fluency
P.s Thanks for the endorsement , it means alot to us :)
Well structured program and content.
Insights provided are very useful to learning a new language.
Adding Traverse to the learning experience makes it easier to remember certain toes and tone pairs.
Mandarin Blueprint 回复2025-12-18
Thanks for the kind words! We’re so glad the program and Traverse are helping you learn and remember tones more easily.
These guys and this community is the greatest! If in your heart of hearts, if your intent is true and you have a desire, love, passion, fascination or intrigue for learning mandarin. Then do yourself a huge favor and get in here! I'm so greatful for Mandarin Blueprint for Luke and Phil they are very cool, wicked smart, highly funny and fun, humble, personable, and phenomenal teachers, salt of the earth people! If you don't want to learn mandarin these are not the the droids you are looking for... sorry I'm not really a review writer, only something this good could get me to write one!
Mandarin Blueprint 回复2025-12-14
Thank for sharing your review, Scott! We're happy to hear you're enjoying the course and the community. We're sure you'll accomplish your learning goals!
I am learning from complete scratch, I started around a week ago. I found TMB's 1 hour video on youtube and I thought everything was explained so perfectly. I found the course and in 3 days of learning I already have 50 characters under my belt! I had my doubts about this method at first but if you really give it a go and take the advice your learning will be turbo charged.
Mandarin Blueprint 回复2025-12-14
Amazing! Only 3 days and you're already making such great progress, James! Keep up the great work!
systematically fleshing out the skill of remembering.
It's been lovely.
My Mandarin journey started with formal education, but I'm so far from that now. I feel like I have some minimal access to the language, but I'm just not where I want to be.
This system has helped.
Its helping with the characters, and s9me new words in there for me, but mainly character recognition.
Mandarin Blueprint 回复2025-12-12
Thanks for sharing your experience with our method! We're happy to hear you're making progress with your learning. Keep up the great work!
Matriculating into Mandarin Blueprint has been a life-changing experience. I've studied foreign languages back in the day using the tried-and-not-so-true method of drilling vocab words, learning sentences here and there, using textbooks, etc. Sure, I learned German, but it took me the better part of 8 years and I'm still not that great at it.
Now, I'm doing something I never thought possible - learning Mandarin Chinese to fluency on a daily basis, and I ain't no spring chicken - I started up when I was 62! I must say that it's really not that difficult, regardless of age, when you use the correct methodology and methodics. From the Hanzi Movie Method to the memory palaces to the timed repetition of Traverse flashcards to the Pronunciation Mastery course to the Phrase Vault and more, I'm learning at an astonishing rate. And it's fun.
Luke, Phil, and the Mandarin Blueprint team are a kind, caring, giving, supportive group. And the MB community - holy cow, what a diverse wealth of experience and wisdom. I know with 100% confidence that any question or concern I have, whether it's with the language, my understanding of the course materials, or simply a biz issue (that I've created in my own head), someone will be there to support me within 24 hours if not the the same day.
My experience so far - I'm nearly at the stage I call "relaxed conversational" in only 10 months - has been wonderful. Joining the Mandarin Blueprint community has truly been a life-changing decision that I'm so glad I made. I look at it this way: If I had not joined up when I did, how much Mandarin Chinese would I know today? Exactly.
Thank you, thank you, thank you, Phil, Luke, the Mandarin Blueprint team, and the MB Community - you all make my life better.
Onward!
Mandarin Blueprint 回复2025-12-06
Congratulations Darin! The amount of progress you have made in only 10 months it's a reward for all your effort and dedication to learning Chinese. We're sure you will accomplish your fluency goals and we'll be happy to celebrate with you once you have done so!
I've been trying to learn Mandarin for over 30 years. I've hired tutors, used online native speaker sites, watched YouTube, enrolled in university courses and of course, Duolingo...NOTHING has gotten me to the next level of comfort in speaking, recognizing tones, comprehension and READING/WRITING like Mandarin Blueprint. This actually WORKS. I've recommended to a friend and will continue to recommend
Mandarin Blueprint 回复2025-12-18
Wow, thank you for sharing this! We’re thrilled to hear Mandarin Blueprint has finally helped you make real progress after all your efforts. Your recommendation means a lot to us.
I had already studied Mandarin for 3 years when I came across some Mandarin Blueprint videos on Youtube that really helped with my pronunciation. Then I came across this fascinating way of visualizing Chinese characters which can also help you remember the tones and exact pronunciation. I was skeptical at first, but when I visited their site and took the benefit of their free introductory course, I began to really see how well the Hanzi Movie method can work. It still took some getting used to, especially since I had already learned over a thousand characters. But for the new characters I had never learned before, I was amazed at how quickly I was able to remember how to write and pronounce each character, as well as remember the meaning. Unlike before I was able to remember and distinguish many similar looking characters. Now I'm hooked on the method and I can't see any other good way to learn Mandarin characters, especially in the short time that it has taken so far. I highly recommend their course. I think it's well worth it and it can save you a lot of grief trying to learn Mandarin by rote the old-fashioned way.
Mandarin Blueprint 回复2025-11-30
We're happy to hear you're enjoying the method, Bradley! We're sure you will keep getting better and better at learning and remembering the characters!
After years of struggling with learning Chinese in China (HSK books, teachers, different apps, speaking in everyday life in different regions with different dialects) I've found a method that works! Not just that, it's fun, so it's easy to build a habit that lasts.
The memory palace seems weird at first and you have to initially invest quite a bit of time to learn the method and apps but once you get to the actual learning it's very clearly laid out and easy to follow. The speaking and listening kickstarter alongside the vocab building curriculum was a gamechanger when it comes to fluency in speaking.
Again, it works! My vocab retention has drastically increased, I'm speaking more and I'm developing a natural feeling for sentence construction and flow without obsessing over opaque grammar rules.
Can't recommend it highly enough!
Mandarin Blueprint 回复2025-12-18
Thank you for such a detailed and thoughtful review! We’re so glad to hear that the method is not only working for you but also making learning fun and sustainable. It’s amazing to hear about your progress :) Your experience is exactly what we hope for our learners.
Mandarin blueprint, is an innovation!
I was trying for many years to be a self-taught student of mandarin, but I reached a point that I could do more... Then I found a video on YouTube with Luke explaining so well the language that I wanted to learn, and that picked up my interest. After a while I started to use the MB lite and I saw all the effort that both of the founders have put to this project.
Is a great experience...
And the best of all... it's a big community that takes you in, and help you grow with them learning not only the language, but customs and everyday things.
I am so satisfied that I also joined The MB pro....
Mandarin Blueprint 回复2025-11-28
We're happy you're enjoying the program, Milena! Keep up the great work!
Luke and Phil have created an amazing and most of all UNIQUE method!
I am extremely grateful to have found you guys. I've started this journey with my first character few years ago while living in Shanghai and finished it today (November 24th 2025) with character 3050 in Germany!
I can only say one last thing: you must try their method!!
Mandarin Blueprint 回复2025-12-18
Thank you so much for sharing your journey! That’s an incredible achievement, going from your first character in Shanghai to 3050 in Germany. We’re thrilled that the method has worked so well for you and really appreciate your recommendation. Honoured to be a part of your journey .
I started with the pronunciation mastery course which is just awesome. After using it, my Chinese went from not being understood to being recognised even by AI. I’m now well into the Blueprint. It’s a fun, easy way to remember characters (both meaning and pronunciation), and you quickly get to read full sentences without pinyin. The Pro student community adds to the encouragement and Phil & Luke the founders of Mandarin Blueprint have additional videos and live conversations with members which offer useful, well-researched and informal resources, tips, and coaching. Most importantly you get a method to improve your Chinese consistently toward fluency. It starts a bit slow in my opinion, but quickly picks up, and retention is three times better than anything else I had tried before. I thoroughly recommend Mandarin Blueprint.
Mandarin Blueprint 回复2025-11-21
We're happy to hear you're making so much progress! Your Chinese will keep getting better and better. Keep up the great work!
Luke and Phil have made learning Mandarin Chinese a breeze, compared to other methods I have tried in the past to learn other languages. There is soooo much content in the course and I want to keep coming back to learn something new. I’m on level 13 and already recognising quite a lot of characters when I read random stuff. You can see they’ve put so much work into this course and it’s really gelling with me. Thankyou guys
Mandarin Blueprint 回复2025-11-22
Thanks for sharing your experience with the course! We're happy to hear about all the progress you're making. Keep up the great work!
Only regret is not finding Phil and Luke's method of learning mandarin earlier. The time spent is really worthwhile because the method helps what I'm learning sticks and when I need to recall I just have to go through the method that is being taught and I can retrieve what I want without much effort and really quickly.
Mandarin Blueprint 回复2025-11-19
Thank you for your review! We’re so glad the method is helping your learning stick and recall feel easy. We’re excited to see you keep making progress with us :)
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