Mandarin Minute
The Comprehensive Chinese App
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Mandarin Minute is the complete Chinese learning toolkit on your phone. It includes daily lessons, a deep dictionary, smart drills, an always-on AI conversation tutor, and a live home-screen widget, all in one app.
DAILY WORD
Every day, the app presents a new Chinese word from HSK levels 1 through 5 with its hanzi, pinyin, English translation, and a real example sentence. Listen to studio-recorded native pronunciation, then pin the word to your iOS home screen so it stays in front of you all day.
AI CONVERSATION TUTOR
Practice your Chinese in a real conversation with an AI tutor that responds in natural Mandarin. Ask grammar questions, role-play everyday scenarios like ordering food, asking for directions, or meeting a new friend, or just chat freely. The tutor adapts to your level, gives gentle corrections in Chinese and your own language, explains why an answer is wrong, and is available any time, so you never wait for a class to keep practicing.
LIVE HOME SCREEN WIDGET
Pin today's word to your iOS home screen and learn at a glance, without ever opening the app. The widget syncs daily with your selected HSK level and refreshes automatically, so you keep moving forward even on busy days.
A FULL DICTIONARY YOU CAN ACTUALLY USE
Search 121,000+ entries by hanzi, pinyin, or English meaning. Tap any word to study it, hear it spoken aloud by a native voice, and add it to a custom flashcard deck.
FLASHCARDS AND QUIZZES
Build your own decks from any words you have looked up. The app schedules each card based on how well you remember it, focusing your review time on the words you struggle with. HSK-level quizzes test your progress level by level.
DAILY IDIOM (CHENGYU)
Learn one classical Chinese idiom every day, with a clear explanation of its origin, literal meaning, and modern usage.
ALSO BUILT FOR ARABIC READERS
Mandarin Minute is the first Chinese learning app with full Arabic support: a complete Arabic-translated dictionary, idiom explanations in Arabic, and a right-to-left interface where headers and navigation flow naturally for Arabic readers.
PRIVACY FIRST
Everything ships bundled in the app. There is no account, no tracking, and no ads.
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Mandarin Minute 3.0.5
• Meet your two voice tutors: 小老师 and the new 王老师 (male voice). Pick either one on the Practice Speaking screen.
• A new voice engine makes live conversations smoother, with clearer, more natural Mandarin and faster replies.
• New tutor portraits and a new app icon.
• Fixes and polish throughout.
The developer, Abdulla Alhemeiri, 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:
- Purchases
- User Content
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Abdulla Alhemeiri
- Size
- 189.3 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 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. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English and Arabic
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Abdulla Alhemeiri