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Daily Mandarin
One tiny Mandarin loop for English speakers: hear a real sentence, read it with pinyin, understand the English, then recall it before the answer gets too comfortable.
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Start with one guided loop.
Your next task updates from this browser: first lesson, due repair, reading recall, daily drill, saved review, or quiz.
Take the first lessonBeginner map
Three choices, not thirty.
If you do not know Chinese yet, start with Today's tiny loop. If you already logged a sentence, use Review due. If you only have five minutes and want something useful, pick Explore.
01 Today
One tiny loop
Hear one useful sentence, read it with pinyin, then prove you can recall it once.
The line is so long I am questioning life.02 Review due
Fix what is waiting
0 quiz repairs and 0 logged readings are stored in this browser. Review only what exists; fake streak grinding can stay outside.
03 Explore
Pick useful Mandarin
Choose a picture, story, character, business line, or modern phrase. Log one sentence before leaving.
First visit? Start here
Do not browse. Follow a path.
A 7-day route turns the site into a routine: pinyin, Hanzi, one modern phrase, a tiny story, chat Chinese, business Mandarin, and review.
hello Open the 7-day pathDaily drill
Ten useful reps, then leave.
Today's drill pulls 10 items from Daily, Hanzi, stories, modern Chinese, tone practice, and business Mandarin. Small enough to finish before motivation evaporates.
The line is so long I am questioning life. Start today's drillQuiz loop
Stop recognizing. Start recalling.
Start with a no-Chinese-yet warm-up, then move into 9 focused quiz sets for Daily expressions, stories, Hanzi, and business Mandarin.
The line is so long I am questioning life. Start the warm-upOne site, many ways in
Start with pinyin, jump into a story, decode a meme, or learn one Hanzi through three sentences. The paths connect, so learners do not fall into dictionary quicksand.
7-day path
Start Here
A guided first-week route through pinyin, Hanzi, daily expressions, stories, modern Chinese, and review.
10 minutes
Daily Drill
A mixed daily practice set with listening, pinyin fade, Hanzi sentences, stories, and work Mandarin.
Active recall
Quiz
Beginner-first quizzes for listening, pinyin, Hanzi sentences, modern chat, chengyu, usage traps, and business Mandarin.
Sound first
Pinyin
Initials, finals, tones, tone pairs, neutral tone, and common English-speaker pronunciation traps.
Hanzi map
Characters
2,000+ simplified Chinese characters with pinyin, English meanings, examples, and clickable audio.
Useful chunks
Phrases
Daily phrases,口头禅, business expressions, travel language, and confusable word pairs.
One image a day
Daily
Funny, useful, modern Mandarin in one visual learning card.
Tiny readers
Stories
Short graded Mandarin stories with sentence-level pinyin, English, and audio.
Actually said
Modern Chinese
Internet phrases,口头禅, chat language, and usage warnings for modern Mandarin.
Work Mandarin
Business
Meetings, follow-ups, polite requests, deadlines, and client communication.
Real scenes
Dialogs
Daily, travel, restaurant, social, workplace, meeting, and messaging dialogues with line-by-line help.
Stories that stuck
Chengyu
Chinese idiom stories with literal meaning, modern usage, English equivalents, and example sentences.
Say it naturally
Translator
Curated English-to-Chinese patterns showing literal, natural, polite, and business-ready Mandarin.
Retention loop
Practice
Local-only review, favorites, pinyin fade, listening drills, and reading practice without an account.
Daily Mandarin Picture
When the coffee line is too long
The line is so long I am questioning life.Learners remember Chinese better when it connects to a real mood, not a sterile word list.
Study this cardRead a tiny story
The coffee order 1
A short graded Mandarin story about the coffee order, built for listening, pinyin fade, and sentence-by-sentence reading.
。 The coffee shop is busy. 。 He first took a deep breath. ：，。 Then he said: No problem, let's take it slowly.
Continue story Modern Chinese people actually say
Internet phrases and everyday口头禅 with context, not “textbook robot Mandarin”.
破防了
Use when a joke, story, or comment breaks your emotional defense. In restaurant, it can sound natural if the tone is playful.
I am emotionally hit.太卷了
Use for exhausting competition or overwork. In restaurant, it can sound natural if the tone is playful.
It is too competitive.摆烂
Casual and negative; do not use in formal contexts. In restaurant, it can sound natural if the tone is playful.
to give up and stop tryingLearn one character through 3 sentences
的
de
possessive particle; used after a modifier, like 's or of
“”。 我的 is a common expression. “”。 I can make a sentence with 你的. “”。 Please read 好的 one more time.
Open character lesson Business Mandarin without fake politeness
Let's first confirm the agenda.
。 Let's first confirm the agenda.Use this in a meeting when you need clear, modern workplace Mandarin without sounding like a legal notice.
Practice business phrasingStart reading Hanzi now
High-frequency Hanzi ordered by HanziDB/Jun Da data, with CC-CEDICT readings and generated short-sentence practice.
的 de possessive particle; used after a modifier, like 's or of 一 yī one; a, an; alone 是 shì indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that 不 bù no, not; un-; negative prefix 了 le completed-action or change-of-state particle 在 zài to be at; in; on; currently doing something 人 rén man; people; mankind; someone else 有 yǒu have, own, possess; exist 我 wǒ our, us, i, me, my, we 他 tā other, another; he, she, it
Featured lessons
Original teaching pages, not just raw dictionary output dressed up with CSS.
Business meeting Chinese for English speakers
Useful Mandarin phrases for starting meetings, clarifying next steps, and sounding polite without becoming stiff.
。 Let's first confirm today's agenda.The pinyin fade method for learning Chinese characters
A practical method for using pinyin early without becoming dependent on it forever.
，。 Look at the pinyin first, then look at the Chinese characters.会, 能, 可以: three ways to say can in Chinese
Learn the difference between 会, 能, and 可以 with examples, pinyin, English translations, and usage notes.
，。 I can speak Chinese, but I cannot go today.AdSense-safe learning design
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Your progress stays local first.
Favorites and pinyin settings use browser storage. A synced account can come later when learners prove they actually return.