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Learn Chinese (Simplified) in Oakland

Learn to actually speak Chinese (Simplified) by making friends with native speakers

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Korean

My favorite topics

Music, business, news, colleg...

My language exchange partner is

Nice, friendly

My learning goals

Learn Korean (can understand and speak it)

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English

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Ideal language community partner

Someone who is outgoing, eager to help and be helped, and also...

My learning goals

Achieve a basic level of Spanish fluency

My favorite topics

Travel, culture, sports, hobbies, lots of things

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Oakland

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German

My learning goals

Développer mon niveau de grammaire et de construction de phrase...

My favorite topics

Creativity, Human being, Traveling, Visual Arts, Communication, Philosophy, Alternative Culture, Social Science, Psychology, Film production, Scriptwriting, TV Series, Politics, Art Therapy, Movies, Ecology

Ideal conversation exchange partner

À un être humain passionné, curieux et amoureux de la vie. À un être humain ouvert d’esprit qui s’efforce à rester optimiste, malgré la situation globale du monde dans lequel on vit!

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Oakland

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English

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German

My favorite topics

Politics, culture, science, adventure...

Perfect language exchange partner

A foreign adventurer with a varied opinion

My learning goals

Speak german, make friends

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Chinese (Simplified) speakers in Oakland

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Oakland

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Tagalog, Filipino

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Russian

I want a conversation partner who is

Down-to-earth, curious people...

My learning goals

I'd love to learn conversational Russian, Japanese, and Mandarin

My favorite topics

Swing dancing, culture, travels

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N.

Oakland

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English

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Persian

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Tajik

My learning goals

Understanding different cultures, learning languages, getting...

My favorite topics

Travel, Cultures, Music, anything.

My language exchange partner is

Anybody who enjoys having an interesting conversation, sharing ideas and getting to know other cultures and peoples.

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Oakland

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Vietnamese

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French

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My favorite topics

Culture, business, food, drink, clothes, festival, custo...

Ideal language community partner

Funny, nice, positive, loyalty, hospitality, hard-working, tall, sincere, energetic

My learning goals

Understand natives say, read languages by myself

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A.

Oakland

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English

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Emoji

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Chinese (Simplified)

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Someone who makes me feel happy ...

My learning goals

Being able to speak a few phrases

My favorite topics

Programming, music, people

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J.

Oakland

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English

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French

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Korean

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Spanish

My learning goals

Practice my French (Adv), Spanish (Basic), and Korean (SUPER...

My favorite topics

languages, studying, gymnastics, kpop ✨

Perfect language exchange partner

Likes to learn and practice languages, patient, and outgoing :)

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Oakland

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English

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French

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Japanese

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My favorite topics

Culture, travel, and life goal...

I want a conversation partner who is

Someone who’s not quick to correct. Someone who’s laid back and is ok with me making a bunch of mistakes.

My learning goals

I’d like to actually be able to hold a 5 minute conversation in another language.

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M.

Oakland

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Mongolian

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Korean

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French

My language exchange partner is

Funny, Talkative, Smar...

My learning goals

Improve my language

My favorite topics

Tech, Travel, Stories

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M.

Oakland

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English

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German

My learning goals

Learn Spanish French Chinese and Arabi...

My favorite topics

About relationship

Ideal language community partner

Honest and nice person

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Join a global community

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Learn what matters to you

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Have fun, engaging conversations

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Oakland

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Portuguese

My favorite topics

Art Travel Pop culture Films Food New...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Someone who is interested in what’s going on in the world. Someone well travelled.

My learning goals

Learn Portuguese well enough so I can travel to Brazil and feel confident to use it in practice

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L.

Oakland

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Perfect language exchange partner

他是会说或者想学習普通话的美國人...

My learning goals

会说英文一般的生活用语。

My favorite topics

我是中國人,我想通过学习英文交朋友。

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My learning goals

I want to speak English very well. And find many friends all...

My favorite topics

My Instagram: @hellotati_

I want a conversation partner who is

Friendly and easy going person. And very kind

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Oakland

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Hindi

My favorite topics

Politics, business, legal, health and musi...

My language exchange partner is

Fun, patience, grammatically correct, dedication, easy to understand, professional

My learning goals

Fluently speaking and writing.

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Mateo uses Tandem to find travel buddies in Europe.

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"Fantastic app full of fantastic people. I’ve made many friends and I’m even planning trips to see them. It’s turned my life around!"

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Oakland

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English

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Korean

Ideal language community partner

Outgoing, friendly & intelligent. Creative...

My learning goals

Conversational fluency in a few languages

My favorite topics

Games, technology, philosophy, comedy, pop culture, travel

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Oakland

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English

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Spanish

My learning goals

At the very least, maintain my level of Spanish. Would be great...

My favorite topics

Language, culture, travel, philosophy, politics, comedy

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Well traveled, kind, open, interested in learning a variety of new things,

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English

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My favorite topics

Travel, food, outdoor and recreational activitie...

Perfect language exchange partner

Friendly, outgoing, funny, easy-going

My learning goals

Improve fluency by talking on the phone or through voice messages!

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German

I want a conversation partner who is

Responsive and fun. Old enough to know that we don’t know everything....

My learning goals

Oh, just seeing where the path leads. Ich habe vor vielen Jahren in Deutschland gewohnt und kann noch einigermaßen Deutsch sprechen. Mir fehlt nur die Gelegenheit zu üben.

My favorite topics

The world is your oyster. Talk to me about outdoor sports, food, politics, relationships, science, health and fitness and your language learning experience. Bonus points if you can quote GoT and Westworld.

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English

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Portuguese

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Spanish

My learning goals

Have at least one voice call per week in French or Portuguese....

My favorite topics

Travel, culture, languages, music, history, books, podcasts, food

My language exchange partner is

Someone interested in practicing languages.

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English

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Turkish

My favorite topics

Learning new things, travelling, exploring, movies, tv, reading....

Ideal language community partner

Someone with a positive attitude, who likes to learn new things

My learning goals

I hope to get better at speaking different languages and meet cool people!

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Oakland

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English

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Korean

Ideal conversation exchange partner

A nice person...

My learning goals

I want to become fluent in korean and also make a korean friend so I can write books in korean.

My favorite topics

I love writing books. I’m working on my first book right now~!

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Oakland

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English

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Korean

My learning goals

I want to become more fluent in Korea...

My favorite topics

Music, movies, fashion, anything

Perfect language exchange partner

Anyone located in San Francisco Bay Area who wants to meet up!

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Oakland

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English

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Spanish

My favorite topics

Anything! I like current affairs, sports, motorcycles, music....

I want a conversation partner who is

Someone who is ok with being awkward and weird at times and can be silly but enjoys serious conversations as well

My learning goals

I just want to be more confident in speaking other languages

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Oakland

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English

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French

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Japanese

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My language exchange partner is

Nice happy person positiv...

My learning goals

Full conversations about the world, cities

My favorite topics

Places to travel , sites to see in new cities , best restaurants

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Oakland

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English

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French

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Italian

My learning goals

To speak fluent Spanish or at least hold a conversation...

My favorite topics

Politics, art, books

Ideal language community partner

Outgoing, smart, and interested in the world. Someone who is curious about other people!

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English

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Igbo

My favorite topics

Music, sports, pop culture, reading, singin...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Fluent French and Igbo speakers who are learning English

My learning goals

Gain French and Igbo skills

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Perfect language exchange partner

Someone patient, yet informative with high attention to details...

My learning goals

Be conversationally fluent in Mandarin Chinese (中文).

My favorite topics

Music, politics, entrepreneurship (and startups), tech, food, travel, philosophy... I have a wide range of interests.

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Oakland

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English

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Italian

My learning goals

i want to be fluent in spanish and conversational in italian...

My favorite topics

school, theatre, food, youtube

I want a conversation partner who is

idk just be nice and be willing to learn and help others learn ig

Looking for an online language exchange partner in Oakland, United States?

Tandem is the world's largest language exchange app. There are currently 62 Chinese (Simplified) speakers in Oakland looking to learn Chinese (Simplified) together. Download the Tandem app for free to start practicing languages with locals!

Frequently Asked Questions

Do you know how many Tandem members are available for Chinese (Simplified) language exchange in Oakland?

In Oakland there are 62 members ready to have a Chinese (Simplified) language exchange.

Are there other locations in United States other than Oakland where I can find a Chinese (Simplified) language exchange partner?

You can also find a Chinese (Simplified) Tandem partner in <a href=/learn/chinese/cross-roads />Cross Roads, <a href=/learn/chinese/ann-arbor />Ann Arbor, and <a href=/learn/chinese/providence />Providence.

What is the Tandem app all about?

Tandem is a language exchange app where people teach each other their native language. Each month more than 500,000 people visit Tandem with 62 of them coming from Oakland.