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Online Chinese tutors, compared

A 60-minute online Chinese lesson costs $18 at the median, across the 9,084 tutors we track on 12 platforms. Most tutors charge between $11 and $25 per hour. Trial lessons typically cost $2.20. Native speakers charge a median of $18 per hour, versus $20 for non-native tutors.

$18/h
Median / hour
$11–$25
Typical range
$2.20
Trial lesson
9,084
on 12 platforms

Compare Chinese tutors

6,215 tutors match. Prices are per 60-minute lesson; you book directly on each platform.

艺堃

艺堃

ChinaNative

AmazingTalker · China

🎓CTCSOL Basic Chinese💖patient

Native
New tutor
TEFL/TESOL certificate
English
No reviews yet
Not shown

Chinese (China) · likely · Teaches A1–B2

  • Speaks your language
  • Exam prep
  • Beginners
Bin

Bin

ChinaNative

AmazingTalker · China

🎓 5 yrs Experience | Conversat

Native
5 years teaching
None listed
English
No reviews yet
Not shown

Chinese (China) · likely · Teaches A2

  • Speaks your language
  • Business
Ceci

Ceci

ChinaNative (likely)

AmazingTalker · China

🎓 ICA | Conversational Chinese

Native (likely)
New tutor
TEFL/TESOL certificate
English +1
No reviews yet
Not shown

Chinese (China) · likely · Teaches A2

  • Speaks your language
  • Business
  • Kids
  • Beginners
肖盼盼

肖盼盼

China

AmazingTalker · China

🎓 Oral Chinese | Business 💼

Basic (A2)
New tutor
None listed
English
No reviews yet
Not shown

Chinese (China) · likely · Teaches A2

  • Speaks your language
  • Business
Ling

Ling

ChinaNative

AmazingTalker · China

🎓 2 yrs Experience | Oral Engl

Native
2 years teaching
None listed
English +3
No reviews yet
Not shown

Chinese (China) · likely · Teaches A1–A2

  • Speaks your language
  • Business
MeiMei

MeiMei

ChinaNative

AmazingTalker · China

🎓 10 yrs Experience | Conversa

Native
10 years teaching
None listed
English
No reviews yet
Not shown

Chinese (China) · likely · Teaches A2

  • Speaks your language
  • Business

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Icey

Icey

ChinaNative

AmazingTalker · China

🎓 HSK 6 | Conversational Chine

Native
2 years teaching
None listed
Cantonese +4
No reviews yet
Not shown

Chinese (China) · likely · Teaches A2

  • Speaks your language
  • Exam prep
  • Business
荀娟

荀娟

ChinaNative

AmazingTalker · China

🎓 普通話水平測試 | 成人會話 💬

Native
10 years teaching
Professional teacher
No other language listed
No reviews yet
Not shown

Chinese (China) · likely · Teaches A2

  • Exam prep
  • Beginners
青青

青青

ChinaNative

AmazingTalker · China

🎓 Certified Teacher | Conversa

Native
1 years teaching
Teaching degree
English
No reviews yet
Not shown

Chinese (China) · likely · Teaches A2

  • Speaks your language
  • Kids
xuan

xuan

ChinaNative

AmazingTalker · China

🎓 Advanced Chinese Teacher | B

Native
1 years teaching
TEFL/TESOL certificate
English
No reviews yet
Not shown

Chinese (China) · likely · Teaches A2

  • Speaks your language
  • Business
杜鹃花

杜鹃花

ChinaNative

AmazingTalker · China

🎓 Teacher Cert | Conversationa

Native
18 years teaching
Teaching degree
English
No reviews yet
Not shown

Chinese (China) · likely · Teaches A1–B1

  • Speaks your language
  • Business
  • Kids
Don

Don

ChinaNative

AmazingTalker · China

🀄 Conversational Chinese | Kid

Native
2 years teaching
None listed
French +4
No reviews yet
Not shown

Chinese (China) · likely · Teaches A2

  • Speaks your language
  • Business
  • Kids
  • Beginners
半青

半青

ChinaNative

AmazingTalker · China

🀄 Conversational Chinese 😊

Native
New tutor
None listed
English
No reviews yet
Not shown

Chinese (China) · likely · Teaches A1–A2

  • Speaks your language
  • Business
  • Beginners
杨扬

杨扬

ChinaNative

AmazingTalker · China

🎓 TEFL|Conversational English

Native
New tutor
Teaching degree
English +1
No reviews yet
Not shown

Chinese (China) · likely · Teaches A1–B1

  • Speaks your language
  • Business
許就雲老師

許就雲老師

ChinaNative

AmazingTalker · China

📝 3年經驗 | 中文口說 基礎中文 🗣

Native
3 years teaching
None listed
Cantonese
No reviews yet
Not shown

Chinese (China) · likely · Teaches A2

  • Business
  • Beginners
乌衣港

乌衣港

ChinaNative

AmazingTalker · China

🎓 Putonghua | Business Chinese

Native
New tutor
TEFL/TESOL certificate
English
No reviews yet
Not shown

Chinese (China) · likely · Teaches A2

  • Speaks your language
  • Business
Alisa

Alisa

ChinaNative

AmazingTalker · China

🎓 TCSOL | Business Chinese 💼

Native
New tutor
TEFL/TESOL certificate
English
No reviews yet
Not shown

Chinese (China) · likely · Teaches A1–C2

  • Speaks your language
  • Exam prep
  • Business
  • Everyday admin & immigration
睿兴

睿兴

ChinaNative

AmazingTalker · China

🎓 HSK 6 | Business Chinese 💼

Native
New tutor
None listed
English +3
No reviews yet
Not shown

Chinese (China) · likely · Teaches A2

  • Speaks your language
  • Exam prep
  • Business
GIgi

GIgi

ChinaNative

AmazingTalker · China

🎓 TCSOL | Pronunciation 🌟

Native
6 years teaching
Teaching degree
English +1
No reviews yet
Not shown

Chinese (China) · likely · Teaches A2

  • Speaks your language
  • Exam prep
Clark

Clark

ChinaNative

AmazingTalker · China

🎓 2 yrs Experience | Pronuncia

Native
2 years teaching
None listed
English +3
No reviews yet
Not shown

Chinese (China) · likely · Teaches A1–C2

  • Speaks your language
  • Beginners
何何

何何

ChinaNative

AmazingTalker · China

🎓 33年教學 | 商業成人初階中文 📚

Native
33 years teaching
None listed
No other language listed
No reviews yet
Not shown

Chinese (China) · likely · Teaches A1–C2

  • Business
  • Beginners
暖暖

暖暖

ChinaNative

AmazingTalker · China

🎓 6 yrs Experience | Business

Native
6 years teaching
None listed
English +1
No reviews yet
Not shown

Chinese (China) · likely · Teaches A2

  • Speaks your language
  • Business
Ethan

Ethan

ChinaNative

AmazingTalker · China

🎓 HSK | Conversational Chinese

Native
New tutor
None listed
English +1
No reviews yet
Not shown

Chinese (China) · likely · Teaches A2

  • Speaks your language
  • Exam prep
  • Business
  • Kids
Angela

Angela

TaiwanNative

AmazingTalker · Taiwan

Children (6-11)|Conversation|Kids (3-5)

Native
New tutor
Professional teacher
English
No reviews yet
Not shown

Chinese (Taiwan) · likely · Teaches A2

  • Speaks your language
  • Kids

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Chinese tutors by platform

AmazingTalker is both the cheapest (median $11) and the biggest (3,385 tutors). Number of tutors, median hourly price and trial policy on each marketplace.

Tutors, prices and trial lessons by platform
PlatformTutorsMedian / hMiddle 50%Avg. ratingTrial lessonLesson length
AmazingTalker3,385$11$6.60–$205.0★Discounted trial (25 min)25 / 50 min
Tusclases / FindTutors2,387$21$17–$275.0★First class free with many tutors60 min
italki1,412$20$15–$285.0★Discounted trial (30 min)30 / 45 / 60 / 90 min
Preply869$24$18–$345.0★Discounted trial (25 min)50 min
Classgap553$18$14–$215.0★Free trial (20 min)60 min
Cafetalk199$13$9.40–$15—Discounted trial (25 min)Set by each tutor
Apprentus144$33$26–$424.9★No trial lessons60 min
Verbling42$30$25–$425.0★Free or discounted trial (30 min)60 min
Wyzant36$50$45–$605.0★No trial; money-back guarantee on the first hour60 min
Tutor Hunt31$60$49–$794.9★No trial lessons60 min
Engoo20from $67/month—5.0★Free trial (25 min)25 min
LanguaTalk6$33$31–$395.0★Free or discounted trial (30 min)55 min

How much Chinese tutors charge

Hourly price spread for native and non-native tutors.

All tutors
$18Middle 50% between $11 and $25, 9064 tutors
Native speakers
$18Middle 50% between $9.24 and $24, 7100 tutors
Non-native
$20Middle 50% between $15 and $27, 1964 tutors
10th–90th percentileMiddle 50%Median

Prices by platform

Median hourly price and spread on each marketplace.

AmazingTalker
$11Middle 50% between $6.60 and $20, 3385 tutors
Tusclases / FindTutors
$21Middle 50% between $17 and $27, 2387 tutors
italki
$20Middle 50% between $15 and $28, 1412 tutors
Preply
$24Middle 50% between $18 and $34, 869 tutors
Classgap
$18Middle 50% between $14 and $21, 553 tutors
Cafetalk
$13Middle 50% between $9.40 and $15, 199 tutors
Apprentus
$33Middle 50% between $26 and $42, 144 tutors
Verbling
$30Middle 50% between $25 and $42, 42 tutors
Wyzant
$50Middle 50% between $45 and $60, 36 tutors
Tutor Hunt
$60Middle 50% between $49 and $79, 31 tutors
LanguaTalk
$33Middle 50% between $31 and $39, 6 tutors
10th–90th percentileMiddle 50%Median

Where Chinese tutors are from

  • ChinaChina5,231 / 9,084
  • TaiwanTaiwan730 / 9,084
  • Hong Kong SAR ChinaHong Kong SAR China103 / 9,084
  • South KoreaSouth Korea59 / 9,084
  • JapanJapan56 / 9,084
  • MalaysiaMalaysia51 / 9,084
  • United StatesUnited States42 / 9,084
  • CanadaCanada25 / 9,084

Chinese tutors: FAQ

Across 9,064 Chinese tutors with a listed price, the median is $18 for a 60-minute lesson. Most prices fall between $6.60 and $34 per hour.

AmazingTalker has the lowest median price for Chinese tutors in our data: $11 per hour, and a quarter of its tutors charge $6.60 or less.

Not really: native Chinese speakers charge a median of $18 per hour, while non-native tutors charge $20. We list 7,120 native speakers.

Yes. The median trial lesson costs $2.20. Trials are offered on AmazingTalker, italki, Preply, Classgap, and Cafetalk, usually for 25–30 minutes, and some tutors give them for free.

We track 9,084 Chinese tutors on AmazingTalker, Tusclases / FindTutors, italki, Preply, Classgap, and Cafetalk. AmazingTalker has the most choice, with 3,385 tutors.

We read the public profile of every tutor listed on the marketplaces we cover and refresh it daily. Prices are converted to US dollars at European Central Bank rates and normalised to a 60-minute lesson. Platforms can't pay to rank higher.

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How we collect this data

We collect public profile facts (name, photo, languages, price, rating) from tutoring marketplaces and refresh them daily. Prices are normalised to a 60-minute lesson in US dollars. Ratings and reviews belong to each marketplace. Subscription platforms have no per-tutor price.

Updated October 26, 2026

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