CHIN 5CMandarin for Cantonese Speakers
Chinese · 5 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)
Designed for students who are Cantonese speakers and familiar with Chinese characters and who need to improve their pronunciation of standard Mandarin dialect.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Enforced preparation: Chinese placement test.
BruinTree reads · Preparation
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Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
CHIN 5C
- CHIN 6CMandarin for Cantonese Speakers
- ASIAN 120FLReadings in East Asian Languages
1 course lists this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 2 courses over 2 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.