Nihǎo Chinese

Tijanium

About this app

Nihǎo Chinese is a calm, distraction-free pocket guide for starting Mandarin and growing to an intermediate level. No accounts, no ads, no tracking — just everything you need to start speaking, in light or dark mode.

WHAT'S INSIDE

• 570-word vocabulary — every HSK 1, 2 and 3 word, organized by category and searchable (tone marks optional).
• Flashcards with spaced repetition — a proven SM-2 schedule shows you each word right before you'd forget it. Track New, Learning, Review and Mastered.
• Tap-to-hear audio — tap any Chinese word, anywhere in the app, to hear it spoken aloud.
• Stroke order — watch characters drawn stroke by stroke, then practice writing them yourself.
• Tones made visual — see the four tones as pitch curves and train your ear with listening drills.
• Pinyin chart — all initials and finals laid out, with pronunciation tips.
• Quizzes — four modes: character→meaning, meaning→character, listening, and tones.
• Dictation — type what you hear, in pinyin, meaning, or character form.
• Numbers & dates — practice saying numbers, prices and dates in Chinese.
• Real dialogues — natural everyday conversations with play-all audio.
• Sentence patterns — 20 core grammar patterns with worked examples.
• Reading stories — 14 short graded stories with comprehension questions and toggleable pinyin/English.
• Sentence builder — mix subjects, verbs and objects to build correct Chinese sentences and hear them.
• Grammar foundations — clear lessons on pronouns, word order, negation, questions, verbs, time, adjectives, measure words and 了.

DESIGNED TO BE PLEASANT
A warm rice-paper theme, elegant typography, and full dark mode. Everything works offline once loaded, and your progress is saved privately on your device.

PRIVACY FIRST
No sign-up. No ads. We don't collect or share your data — your learning progress stays on your phone.

Start today — nǐ hǎo, 你好!

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