Du Chinese: Read&Learn Chinese

Du Chinese is a reading and listening app that helps you learn Chinese naturally, at your own pace. Whether you're a beginner or studying for HSK, learn Chinese while building confidence and vocabulary, one story at a time. Find free lessons to help you learn Chinese with our wide variety of articles, stories, and courses designed for Chinese learners from beginner to advanced levels. Practice Chinese with pinyin, native audio, and translations with just a tap. Easily access our built-in dictionary, grammar explanations, and flashcards to help you learn Chinese more efficiently. Easily maintain your Mandarin proficiency with regular reading and listening practice. With our diverse range of content, from everyday dialogues to original stories, our readings reinforce and strengthen your Chinese fluency. Beginner, intermediate, or advanced, you will find readings that match your level and improve your Mandarin reading and listening skills. Features • Simplified and Traditional Characters • Markings to indicate HSK level, pinyin, and tones • Detailed grammar explanations • Recommended lessons based on your reading history • Written and narrated by native Mandarin speakers • Audio synchronized with text • Sentence translations and context-dependent word translations • Save and review words using an intuitive SRS flashcard system • New lessons added every weekday • Pleco, Hack Chinese and Skritter dictionary integration • Progress Monitoring Learn Chinese for free or upgrade to unlock access to: • 3000+ articles, stories, and courses to explore • Offline study for learning Mandarin on-the-go • Audiobook mode for immersive listening experiences Practice your reading, listening, speaking, and writing all with one app. ▶ Reliable and engaging stories that will keep you reading Chinese ▶ Listen and repeat with native Mandarin audio to master your tones ▶ Summarize and rewrite stories to practice writing characters ▶ Memorize characters and new words/vocabulary with flashcards. Beginner Chinese learners can start from ni hao and work their way up through our beginner courses that will take them through HSK 1 and HSK 2. Start off with pinyin and hide it when you’re ready to learn traditional or simplified characters. Intermediate Chinese learners (HSK 3 and HSK 4) can begin reading more elaborate stories while learning to use Mandarin grammar in context. Hide pinyin or use difficult words only to show pinyin for all words above your level. Advanced Chinese learners (HSK 5 and HSK 6) will enjoy our short stories adapted from Chinese folktales and our collections on the Tang Dynasty, Han Dynasty, and more! Our app also covers topics like everyday life in China, funny stories, business Mandarin, latest trends in China, and Chinese history. Read Chinese at your Level: Whether it’s our beginner courses about life in China, advanced Chinese stories about history, or snippets of daily conversation, you can find material from HSK 1-6 to practice reading