Chinese Guru

In-app purchases
4.2
1.62K reviews
500K+
Downloads
Content rating
Everyone
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About this app

Learn Mandarin Chinese the smart way — HSK preparation, character writing, and a comprehensive dictionary in one powerful app.
Whether you’re a complete beginner or aiming for fluency (A1 to C2), Chinese Guru is your all-in-one companion for learning Chinese effectively and sustainably.

Perfect both as a learning app and as a daily Chinese reference tool, Chinese Guru helps you build real, lasting skills, with full support for both simplified and traditional Chinese characters.

Why choose Chinese Guru?

📚 Structured Learning
• Official programs: HSK, TOCFL, YCT, and BCT
• Smart learning sessions powered by Spaced Repetition (SRS) for vocabulary, writing, tones, and pronunciation

📂 Custom & Downloadable Study Lists
• Downloadable word lists aligned with official programs (HSK, TOCFL, etc.)
• Curated vocabulary sets by level and topic
• Create and manage your own custom lists directly from the dictionary
• Focus your learning on exactly what you need, at your own pace

✍️ Writing & Characters
• Stroke-by-stroke character writing (Simplified & Traditional)
• Handwriting recognition for fast and intuitive lookup

🗣️ Pronunciation & Listening
• Tone training with pinyin
• Audio examples for accurate pronunciation and listening practice

📖 Dictionary & Resources
• 140,000+ word dictionary with English, pinyin, and radical search
• HSK-level graded reading texts
• Grammar guides, chéngyǔ (idioms), and radical references

🎯 Built for real progress

Chinese Guru is trusted by students, teachers, and language lovers worldwide.
Our structured and rigorous approach ensures you develop strong foundations and long-term mastery — not just memorized vocabulary.

Join thousands of learners improving their Chinese every day with a serious, methodical approach.

💳 Subscriptions

Unlock all features with a subscription:
• 1-week free trial (except lifetime plan)
• Auto-renewing plans: 1 month, 6 months, or 12 months
• Lifetime access: Pay once, learn forever

Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period.

🔒 Your privacy matters

We never sell or share your personal data.

Privacy policy:
https://www.xamisoft.com/privacy-policy

Terms of use:
https://www.xamisoft.com/cgu

Download Chinese Guru today and start your Mandarin Chinese learning journey — risk-free with a 1-week free trial.
Updated on
Dec 23, 2025

Data safety

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Data is encrypted in transit
Data can’t be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.2
1.49K reviews
Hiram Zabdy
November 16, 2025
Excellent app, by far the most useful one I've tried for Chinese learning, with only a minor issue. While Cards fit perfectly fine in a phone with a 1080p display, they leave a lot of empty space in both sides when using the app in a phone with a 1440p display. The only way I've found to solve it is manually reducing the resolution of my phone each time I use the app, which is a hassle. Apart from that, everything is just great in the app, so much so I've paid for the yearly subscription. 👌
4 people found this review helpful
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Nguyen Tri Tin
December 25, 2025
Wonderful app. Big useful for 7 year old kid and adults alike who started and have learned Chinese for more than a year.
3 people found this review helpful
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Lysandre LAURENT-LOPES
August 19, 2023
[EDIT: that was implemented and I'm subscribed!] It's a really neat app, I'm only going through the basic deck right now. My only issue is that there is no way to disable the clean snap function when writing (I prefer to see what I actually wrote even if wiggly). If that were implement I would likely subscribe.
33 people found this review helpful
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Xamisoft
November 7, 2022
Hello, Thank you for your review. This feature is planned and it will be added in a future update.

What’s new

Thank you for your feedback and suggestions!
- Bug fixes and improvements