Mandarin Hero
For people serious about learning Chinese
Speak Chinese
for real
Know what to say when someone talks back. Rehearse the conversations you'll actually have, out loud, from ordering bubble tea to chatting on WeChat, and keep every word you learn.
First four lessons free · No ads
You know the words. Then someone answers, fast, in a way the textbook never did, and your mind goes blank.
Most courses teach words and grammar. Mandarin Hero teaches the conversation: what they'll say, what you say back, and the other ways it can go. By the time it counts, you've already said your part out loud.
Each lesson is a real situation: ordering food, checking in, the pharmacy. Learn its key words and phrases, then hear the conversation as people really have it.
Play your part out loud in the role-play, with natural alternatives for every line, until it comes without thinking.
Flashcards bring every word back right before you'd forget it, until you know it for good.
The taxi, the landlord, the pharmacy and paying by QR code, in the order you'll need them.
Be part of the conversation at the dinner table, not the one waiting for a translation.
Finally speak with the grandparents, aunts and cousins you've always wanted to talk to.
Colleagues, WeChat and getting around on your own, with the everyday Chinese people actually use.
~2,200 hours
That's how long fluency in Chinese takes, by the US Foreign Service Institute's estimate. Nobody can skip those hours, and anyone promising fluency in 30 days is selling something.
No filler exercises, no textbook detours. Straight to what builds real fluency: the Chinese you'll actually use, said out loud, and kept for good.
The words and particles people actually use, in natural example sentences, not textbook phrasing.
Every lesson's words, phrases and conversations are spoken, so your ear learns along with your eyes.
Hear and practise the four tones from the start, so you're understood when you speak.
Each character's parts are named and coloured, with a short hook to remember how it's written.
Switch on whole HSK levels in Flashcards when you want more: all 5,000 words, with examples.
The whole app, and every card, in either language.
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Early-bird price until 31 January
€49.99 €29.99 / year
7 days free: €0 today. From 1 February it costs more; you keep this price until you cancel. Or €4.99 a month, or €79.99 once (only until 31 January).
No ads. Cancel anytime: what you've learned stays free to review. Prices in your store may differ by country.
Yes. The Basics teach pinyin and the four tones, with audio for every syllable, and the first lesson starts from your very first words. You'll answer your first card within a minute.
You choose. Set your goal to listening and speaking, reading and writing, or all of it. Every word comes with pinyin and audio, and Write cards with stroke order and a memory story for each character are there when you want them.
Mandarin, the Chinese spoken across mainland China, written in simplified characters. Cantonese is a different language, with its own sounds and words.
Your first real exchanges, like ordering, paying or introducing yourself, come within your first lessons. Fluency takes far longer: about 2,200 hours, by the US Foreign Service Institute's estimate. There's no shortcut, so Mandarin Hero makes every hour count for you: no fluff, just what builds fluency.
The first four lessons (first words, numbers, telling the time and meeting people), HSK 1 and 2 in Flashcards, and reviews of everything you've learned, forever. No ads. Hero Pro unlocks every lesson and HSK 3 to 6.
Yes. The whole app, and every card, is in English or Dutch.
First four lessons free · No ads