• Currently, the website accepts the following cards: VISA, Mastercard, American Express, and Discover.

    If one of these cards doesn’t work, please email us.

  • Yes, we take your payments with Squarespace and Stripe. We do not store any of your payment details ourselves.

  • You will get 8-10 new premium videos every month and all the features included in the website.

    Most importantly, you are supporting the project to make it sustainable and possible.

  • No, we only offer a monthly subscription or a yearly subscription. This way, we keep both students and teachers motivated.

  • Yes you can cancel anytime and you will still have the access to the premium content until the payment day in the second month.

    If you want to cancel, click your account — manage your subscription — and then cancel the subscription.

  • If you really can’t pay it through our website. You can email us and I will sign you up manually but for this, we only offer the yearly membership.

  • If you are playing one of the free videos which we embedded with YouTube, sometimes you will see this error “sign in to confirm that you are not a bot“, this is YouTube not liking us embedding videos. In order to fix this:

    • In a new tab, go to YouTube.com and sign in with your Google account.

    • Keep that tab open, then go back to the original page with the embedded video.

    • Refresh the page. The embedded video should now recognize you are logged in.

    If the above does not work, your browser is likely blocking the necessary cookies. You will need to check you are not blocking cookies and do not have any extensions installed such as add blockers or Privacy extensions.

Website related Q&A

  • Watch videos at your level (you understand the gist of the video) and get your daily input. We recommend 30 mins to 1 hour everyday depending on your learning goal.

    P.s. You don’t need to watch only one level, you can watch videos at different levels as long as you feel comfortable.

  • “We acquire languages when we understand messages we call this comprehensible input“ by Stephen Krashen.

    In Lazy Chinese, we are trying our best to provide you with interesting Chinese content at different levels so you can progress gradually.

  • We don’t have an exact number, and it varies depending on your native languages, but here is the map for reference from Dreaming Spanish. You might need to double the hours if you are a Romance language speaker.

  • For videos below your level, feel free to watch them if you are interested. For videos beyond your level, you can still watch them, but it won’t be the most efficient input.

  • You can watch videos multiple times as long as you are not bored. But we encourage you to find the balance of having fun and learning.

  • We recommend you to get input first and then you can try crosstalk, shadowing or join our program.

Chinese learning Q&A