• Tone Gym: train your ear with hundreds of words, several voices, instant feedback and a pitch drawing for every answer. Track your minutes toward the point where research shows gains level off. • Character first: new words show the character before its pinyin and meaning, and quizzes keep pinyin one tap away so you really read. • Each new word is now quizzed right after you meet it. • Optional spaces between words in stories make early reading easier. • Widget: Chinese by default, plus "Quiz me first" — see the word, try to recall it, then the answer appears. Home Screen widgets have a Show button. • Better answer choices that use words you just learned, not the same first words every time. • Clear Pinyin and English buttons, a fresher design with one consistent font, and a cleaner pinyin display. • Only the best Mandarin voices are offered, and Premium or Enhanced voices you download are used automatically. • Handwriting practice is now optional (Profile › Chinese course).

• Check my tones: say a word and see your pitch drawn over the correct tone shapes, with a tip for each syllable. • The most common words, such as 人, 知道, 都, 谁 and 来, are now taught in the first chapters. • Five new pronunciation lessons: tone pairs, zh/ch/sh, ü and tone changes in real speech. • New “Hear the tones” exercises, and you now type every new word in Chinese to lock it in. • Reviews of words that are due now appear inside your lessons, scheduled by an improved memory model. • More than 70 corrections to pinyin, sentences, translations and quiz explanations. Your saved progress, personal decks and existing Pro access carry over.

• 180 new chapters: explore a 300-chapter Mandarin course across 37 stages. • 1,439 additional vocabulary entries, bringing the total to 2,740 with translated examples. • Longer conversations, contextual speaking practice, unfamiliar checkpoint sentences and review of earlier language. • More plain-language word explanations and an in-app learning plan. • The jade bird icon now includes light and dark appearances. Your saved progress, personal decks and existing Pro access carry over.

HanziCue now includes a step-by-step Mandarin course with 120 chapters, listening and speaking practice, 60 story journeys and guided conversations. Words you learn can appear on your Lock Screen alongside your own decks. We’ve improved widget readability for longer phrases, fixed opening the exact card from a widget, strengthened saved-library recovery and added a new jade bird icon. Start with eight free chapters. The full Mandarin course is included for existing and new HanziCue Pro subscribers and lifetime customers. Your personal decks, imports, Japanese study and existing purchase benefits remain available.

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