Pocket Taiwan
Taiwan Mandarin phrasebook
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
Phrases for real Taiwan situations - food, doctor, renting, the MRT - with Traditional characters, Taiwan-accurate pinyin, audio, and AI practice.
Taiwan, in your words.
Pocket Taiwan is a Taiwan Mandarin phrasebook built for the situations you actually run into living in or visiting Taiwan — not a textbook, not a course, just the right thing to say when you need it.
Every phrase comes with Traditional Chinese, Taiwan-accurate pinyin, and tap-to-hear audio. It's the Mandarin people actually speak here: 機車 not 摩托車, 捷運 not 地鐵, Taiwan tone readings, and the natural tone shifts real speakers make.
NEW: POCKET TAIWAN WORLD
Walk into Raohe Night Market, rebuilt from the real street as a place you can move through — dozens of stalls under the lanterns, each with a boss who only speaks Mandarin. Order stinky tofu, get asked 要辣嗎？, answer, pay. Tap interactive signs, objects and stalls to learn the word for it, with pinyin and audio. Guided mode gives you a goal in English and checks your Mandarin; Free mode just lets you talk. Speak into the microphone, or tap your answers while you build confidence. Say a phrase you've saved and it counts toward your review. Free, experimental, and growing.
WHAT'S INSIDE
Real situations, organized the way life is:
• Food & drink — restaurants, cafés, breakfast shops, night markets, bubble tea
• Getting around — MRT, buses, taxis, high speed rail, scooters and gas stations
• Shops & errands — convenience stores, markets, returns, the post office
• Health & personal care — doctors, pharmacies, haircuts, massage
• Official business — banks, telecoms, government offices
• Work & life — renting, the landlord, the office, school, deliveries
• Social — making plans, small talk, dates, and the replies you'll hear over and over
Plus the things you reach for in a hurry: an Emergency section with the 110 / 119 numbers one tap away, a "Lost" panic menu, and the common replies you'll use constantly.
PERSONALIZED TO YOUR TRIP
Tell Pocket Taiwan who you're traveling with — solo, friends, family, kids of different ages — and it adds the phrases you'll actually need: a table for your group, a high chair, a crib, formula and diapers, woven into the right situations.
REVIEW WHAT YOU SAVE
Tap the heart on any phrase and it joins your reviews. They come back on a spaced schedule — minutes at first, then days, then months — and the ones you keep forgetting come round more often, the way good flashcard apps work. Recall the Chinese from the English, or flip it and read the Chinese instead. Review works on the free situations too, and one switch in Settings hides it if you'd rather not.
PRACTICE WITH AI
Pick any situation and run a realistic role-play. The app plays the server, the clerk, the landlord; you reply. See a full sample conversation, then practice it yourself, with pinyin and audio throughout — the low-pressure rehearsal you wish you'd had before walking in the door.
Five situations are free. Unlock everything — every situation plus AI practice — with a one-time purchase. No subscription, no recurring charges.
BUILT FOR REAL USE
• Browse included phrase content offline; save Premium voice recordings for offline playback. AI practice and World conversations require internet.
• Adjustable text size and pinyin tone colors
• Favorites and recent phrases
• Back up your favorites and review progress to a file, and restore them on a new phone
• No account, no ads, no tracking
Your data stays on your device — favorites, review progress and settings never leave your phone. Optional AI practice sends your conversation and relevant phrase context to generate a reply.
Whether you've just landed or you've been here for years and still freeze at the pharmacy counter, Pocket Taiwan is the phrasebook that meets you where you actually are.
歡迎來到台灣 — welcome. Let's get you talking.
Ratings & Reviews
The developer, Curtis Starkey, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- User Content
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Information
- Seller
- Curtis Starkey
- Size
- 137.1 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
13+
- 13+
- Infrequent
Alcohol, Tobacco, Drug Use or References
Contains
Health or Wellness Topics
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Premium $5.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Pocket Taiwan