Black Friday Chinese-learning deals 2025 – what I’ve found so far

Hey everyone,

Black Friday is coming up again and I’ve seen quite a few Chinese-learning discounts floating around this year. I started making a list for myself and figured I’d share it here in case it’s useful to anyone else.

I’m sure I’ve missed a bunch, so please feel free to add more below (apps, schools, graded readers, whatever). I tried to group things a bit: schools first, then apps, courses, and merch.

Mandarin schools (live classes)

GoEast Mandarin School – 50% off select starter packages (adults & kids)

• Deal: 50% off selected starter packages + 7-day live class giveaway

• Code: (none mentioned, looks like it’s applied on the page)

• Link: https://goeastmandarin.com/black-friday-deals/

• Ends: Dec 7

Flexi Classes – live online Mandarin

• Deal: Lifetime 50% discount on all monthly Mandarin subscriptions (new users only)

• Code: (applied via promo page)

• Link: https://flexiclasses.com/get-started-black-friday/

• Ends: Nov 30

Apps

Hack Chinese – vocab / SRS

• Deal (new subscribers): 50% off first year

• Code: BF50

• Deal (returning / recently active subscribers): 25% off one year

• Code: BF25

• Link: https://www.hackchinese.com/

• Valid: Nov 14 – Dec 1

Skritter – handwriting & vocab

• Deal: 50% off next subscription purchase

• Code: BFCM2025

• Link: https://skritter.com/signup

• Valid: until Dec 1, 11:59 PM (PST), for new sign-ups and unsubscribed accounts

Glossika – sentence drilling

• Deal: 50% off Annual Basic and Pro plans

• Code: 2025BF50

• Link: https://ai.glossika.com

• Valid: Nov 24 – Nov 30; discount stays as long as you stay subscribed

The Chairman's Bao – graded news

• Deal: 35% off all subscriptions and upgrades

• Code: bf35

• Link: https://www.thechairmansbao.com/plans/

• Valid: until Dec 7

Du Chinese – graded reading app

• Deal: 50% off annual subscription

• Code: (via promo page)

• Link: https://duchinese.net/blackfriday

• Valid: before Dec 2

Mandarin Mosaic – immersion-style content

• Deal: 50% off the first payment of any subscription

• Code: BLACKFRIDAY

• Link: https://mandarinmosaic.com/pricing

• Valid: Nov 28 – Dec 1, 2025

mylingua – reading & listening

• Deal: 2 months free on the first year of a yearly Premium membership

• Code: (via promo page)

• Link: https://www.mylingua.world/bf/25/

• Valid: until Dec 1

Ninchanese – gamified Chinese

• Deal: 50% off annual subscriptions for new users

• Code: BLACKFRIDAY50

• Link: https://app.ninchanese.com/subscribe

• Valid: Nov 14 – Dec 1, 2025

Dong Chinese – video-based reading

• Deal: 50% off any subscription for one year

• Code: bf25

• Link: https://www.dong-chinese.com/

• Valid: Nov 28 – Dec 1

Courses

Outlier Linguistics – characters & etymology

• Deal: 25% off the Mandarin Mastery Pack, 40% off all other courses and resources (excluding the Super Pack)

• Code: (via site)

• Link: https://www.outlier-linguistics.com/

• Valid: Nov 28 – Dec 6

I'm Learning Mandarin – immersion retreats

• Deal: 20% off any retreat (applies to total price, including deposit + remaining payments)

• Code: BFRETREAT20%

• Link: https://imlearningmandarin.com/retreat/

• Valid: Nov 14 – Dec 1 (midnight UK time)

Copy Paste Speak Chinese – conversational courses

• Deal: 75% off all courses

• Code: (applied on site)

• Link: https://copypastespeaking.danyopang.com

• Valid: until Nov 30

Chunking Chinese – chunk-based speaking course

• Deal: 25% off

• Code: blackfriday25

• Link: https://www.chunkingchinese.com/products/courses/chunkingchinese

• Valid: until Dec 1, 2025

Merch

Mandarin Companion – Chinese learner merch

• Deal: 30% off all Chinese learner merch

• Code: MCBF25

• Link: https://mandarincompanion.com/merch/

• Valid: Nov 15 – Dec 10

That’s everything I’ve found so far.

A few questions for the hive mind:

1. Are there any good Black Friday deals I’ve missed (especially for graded readers, more online schools, textbooks, etc.)?

2. Has anyone here tried any of these? Any stand-outs?

Hi everyone,

This is the GoEast Mandarin account – thanks for including our Black Friday deal in the original post.
Since our offer was mentioned, we just wanted to add one small update that might be useful for anyone comparing options.

In addition to the Black Friday starter packages listed above, we’re also running a 7-day Instagram giveaway:

• For 7 days in a row, we randomly pick one winner per day from the followers of our Instagram account

• Every winner can choose one of:

  • 5 free private classes (adult program), or

  • 3 free private classes (kids program)

It’s completely free to join – you just need to be following our Instagram during that period (search for “GoEast Mandarin” on Instagram to find us).

We’ll leave the rest of this thread to learners comparing different deals, but if anyone has questions about how our classes or the giveaway work, we’re happy to answer here. If posts from schools aren’t appropriate in this section, mods please feel free to remove.