Study Chinese is a Mandarin Chinese learning app for complete beginners up to the new HSK 3.0 exam. Learn step by step with Bao, your panda study buddy: HSK vocabulary, pinyin, tones and Chinese characters in short daily lessons on a world of islands.

The app is available in English, Bahasa Indonesia and Español. Switch any time in Settings.

READY FOR HSK 3.0
HSK 3.0 has nine levels and new word lists. Study Chinese has courses for all nine levels, built on the 2025 exam syllabus, and HSK 3.0 Levels 1–4 follow the 新HSK教程 textbooks lesson by lesson. Taking the classic exam? The HSK 1–6 path is here too. Plus adds full mock tests in the real exam format for HSK 3–6 and HSK 3.0 Levels 3–9.

A CLEAR PATH, CHAPTER BY CHAPTER
Every course is a coast of islands and every chapter is an island. Learn new words, practice them in games, then beat the chapter boss. A short placement test finds your starting level.

HEAR, SEE AND SAY THE TONES
Tone Studio draws the shape of each Mandarin tone. Listen, speak and compare your pitch with the target. Tone analysis runs on your device.

REMEMBER WORDS FOR LONGER
Flashcards with spaced repetition bring hard words back sooner. Add dictation, stroke-order writing, sentence building, listening drills, a grammar guide and Hanzi Meteor, where you say the answer out loud before the word lands.

READ REAL CHINESE
Graded stories with audio and pinyin. Tap a word for its meaning, or ask Bao to break a sentence down. With Plus, photograph pages from your own Chinese books or open a PDF and read them with help.

ASK BAO (BETA)
Stuck on a sentence or a grammar point? Ask Bao about the Chinese you are reading and get an explanation in your language.

LEARN WITH FRIENDS
Earn XP, climb the weekly league and challenge a friend to a 1v1 duel. Friends can also join rooms in a browser at studychinese.id/play.

START FREE
Your starting level in the classic HSK path and every level below it are free, with daily review, readings and the dictionary. Hearts and some exercises are limited on the free plan.

STUDY CHINESE PLUS
Plus opens every level, the full HSK 3.0 path, full HSK mock tests in the real exam format, unlimited hearts, your own books and more help from Bao. Choose monthly or yearly. Eligible new subscribers can try the yearly plan free for 7 days. Prices are shown in the app before you buy.

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