Learn Chinese: Listen to Learn

Learn Mandarin Chinese from your first tones to real conversations: a tone trainer, the core characters, short grammar lessons, flashcards with spaced repetition, speaking practice, an AI tutor and 18 Chinese podcasts, all in one free app.

HEAR THE TONES
• A tone trainer built from real words: listen, then pick the right tones
• Pinyin with tone marks under every word and example, written by hand and checked
• Hide the pinyin when you want to practise reading characters

CHARACTERS, ONE AT A TIME
• 105 core characters in six groups: numbers, people, actions, describing, time and place, things
• Tap any character to hear it, with its pinyin and meaning
• A quiz that keeps bringing back the characters you miss

GRAMMAR, STEP BY STEP
• 29 lessons from beginner to intermediate: 是, 的, 吗, measure words, 了 and 过, comparisons with 比, complements, 把 and 被
• Clear tables and real examples you can listen to
• A short quiz after every lesson that explains each answer

WORDS THAT STICK
• 492 words in 26 decks, HSK 1 to 4: food, transport, work, Chinese dishes, festivals and more
• Spaced-repetition flashcards bring each one back just before you'd forget it
• A measure-word drill for the 个, 本, 张 and 杯 that every learner mixes up

SPEAK AND LISTEN
• Read phrases aloud and get an instant score
• Dictation: hear a sentence, type it in characters or pinyin, see it marked
• A 75-phrase phrasebook for taxis, markets, restaurants, hotels and emergencies

AI TUTOR (APPLE INTELLIGENCE)
• Chat in Chinese with a patient tutor that corrects your tones and measure words
• 12 role-plays: order noodles, bargain at a market, take a taxi, rent a flat
• Writing check: get your Chinese corrected and explained
• Runs privately on your device; nothing you write leaves your iPhone
• Requires an iPhone or iPad with Apple Intelligence on iOS 26 or later

LEARN BY LISTENING
• 18 Mandarin-learning podcasts, from first words to intermediate
• A-B repeat to replay a sentence, bookmarks, listening history, playback speed, sleep timer and offline downloads

STAY MOTIVATED
• Daily goal, streaks and gentle reminders
• Progress charts, characters known and words mastered

Also: an on-device translator (iOS 18+), Mainland or Taiwan voices, dark mode, and layouts made for iPad and iPhone Duo.

Learn Chinese is free and supported by ads. Podcasts are streamed from their publishers' public feeds.