Handarin: Chinese Phrases
Speak Mandarin, travel easy
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
Speak Mandarin with confidence on your trip to China. 149 real travel phrases with clear audio, pinyin, a currency converter, and HSK characters. Fully offline.
Traveling to China? Handarin is your pocket Mandarin phrasebook — real travel phrases with clear audio, pinyin, and Simplified & Traditional characters, so you can be understood from the moment you land.
WHAT'S INSIDE
149 real travel phrases for the situations you'll actually face:
- Greetings and etiquette
- Restaurants, ordering and tea houses
- Transport: taxi, metro, high-speed train
- Hotels and check-in
- Shopping and bargaining
- Directions and getting around
- Emergencies and health
- Numbers, prices and money
- Useful everyday words
CLEAR AUDIO
Hear every phrase in clear, correctly-toned Mandarin, with male and female voices, so you learn the tones the right way.
CHINESE CHARACTERS
- Simplified and Traditional characters plus pinyin for every phrase
- HSK 1–3 hanzi with pinyin and meanings
59 TRAVEL TIPS
Practical, China-specific advice: WeChat Pay and Alipay, VPNs, DiDi, high-speed trains, tea-house scams, tipping, chopstick etiquette and more — in your language.
BUILT-IN CURRENCY CONVERTER
Convert Chinese yuan (CNY) to your currency in real time, with an offline fallback. One less app to install.
MADE FOR TRAVELERS
- Works fully offline (only live exchange rates need internet)
- 14 interface languages
- Light and dark mode
- Favorites and instant search
- No ads, no account, no tracking — your privacy comes first
FREE & PRO
Handarin is free to use, with a core set of phrases, tips and HSK 1 characters. Unlock everything with a single one-time Handarin Pro purchase — no subscriptions:
- All premium travel tips (culture, connectivity, health)
- HSK 2+ characters
- Lifetime access, buy once
Download Handarin and speak Mandarin with confidence. 一路平安 — have a safe trip!
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Developed by Quantum Quacks
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Information
- Seller
- Luis Sebastian
- Size
- 24.9 MB
- Category
- Travel
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 16.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 13.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 12 more
- English, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Vietnamese
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Handarin Pro $8.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 QuantumQuacks