Business Chinese Starter Deck

Business Chinese textbooks tend to teach a register nobody uses: too formal for WeChat, too stiff for a meeting, and silent on the parts that actually decide whether a conversation goes well. This deck covers eight units for HSK 4 learners who need Chinese at work, and it teaches register as a skill — the same message written three ways, for a boss, a colleague and a client.

The units students remember are the ones on numbers and on dinners. 万 wàn breaks every learner's mental arithmetic, so there is a timed conversion drill until 三十五万 stops requiring a pause. The business dinner unit covers toasting order, seating and how to decline a drink without causing offence, written for learners who will genuinely be in that room.

Each unit ends with a task rather than a quiz, and the course closes with a 45-minute supplier-versus-buyer simulation with printable role cards. Editable PPTX plus PDF, with a language checklist students tick off as they use each phrase.