Fun Chinese Flashcards
Learn Mandarin: 1,000 Words
Free · In‑App Purchases
A photo of a panda. 熊猫. The pinyin under it. Tap and hear it said in Mandarin. 1,000 words across 50 categories, simplified or traditional, no ads, no internet needed.
A photo of a panda. The characters 熊猫 beside it. The pinyin underneath. Tap, and hear it spoken in Mandarin. Tap again if the tone didn't stick. Next card.
That's the whole app, and it's why it works: your brain files a word away much faster when it arrives attached to a picture than when it arrives attached to another word. 1,000 Mandarin words, 50 categories, no ads, no account, no internet needed. Free to try.
SIMPLIFIED OR TRADITIONAL — YOUR CHOICE
One switch changes every card in the app. Studying for the mainland? Simplified. Living in Hong Kong or Taiwan, or learning from a grandparent who writes the old forms? Traditional. Most flashcard apps make you pick a side at download; this one doesn't.
EVERY WORD, SPOKEN ALOUD
All 1,000 words come with audio in clear, standard Mandarin. Tap a card once to hear it, then as many times as you like — tones settle in through the ear, and replays are unlimited. The audio works fully offline, same as everything else.
TWO WAYS TO STUDY
• Review Mode — flip through a category at your own pace, picture, characters, pinyin and audio together
• Flip Mode — hide the answer and test yourself, one card at a time
50 CATEGORIES OF REAL, USEFUL WORDS
Everyday life: numbers, colours, family, the house, days and months, positions
Food and drink: fruit, vegetables, Chinese dishes, sweets, nuts and seeds
Animals and nature: wildlife, birds, sea creatures, dinosaurs, pets, weather
School and work: classroom, music, tools, technology, professions
Travel: countries, flags, transport, and a category just for China
…and thirty more.
BUILT TO BE USED, NOT SUBSCRIBED TO
No ads. Not one, not even between cards — this is an app children use, and nobody should be selling to them.
No account, no sign-up, no data collected.
Fully offline: the back seat, the plane, the waiting room.
The first categories are free. If it earns a place on your phone, one purchase unlocks all 1,000 words for good. No subscription.
WHO IT'S FOR
• Absolute beginners who want words before grammar
• Parents teaching a child Mandarin, or keeping a heritage language alive
• Travellers who want to recognise a sign and order lunch
• Students building the vocabulary their textbook assumes they already have
GOOD TO KNOW
Do I need to read Chinese already? No. Every card shows the picture, the characters, the pinyin and the English together, with Mandarin pronunciation audio at a tap.
Is this a course? No. It's vocabulary, done properly. Bring your own grammar.
Simplified or traditional? Either, on a switch, any time.
Who makes it? A small independent studio that has been making Chinese learning apps since 2016.
Tap the first category and see how many stick. 加油！
Ratings & Reviews
Rebuilt for the latest iPhones and iPads — including a fix for the missing logo on newer devices. Purchases and Restore now always deliver the unlock, a crash on first launch fixed, and sound problems in long sessions resolved. Thanks for learning with us — if this app is helping, a rating means a lot to a small studio.
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Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
- Seller
- Handtechnics
- Size
- 52.8 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 15 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15 or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 32 more
- English, Arabic, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Unlock Everything $39.99
- Copyright
- © 2027 Handtechnics