Du Chinese – Read Mandarin 读中文

I finished HelloChinese, which is an amazing app, but only takes you so far. You end up reviewing the same sentences over and over. They do have a premium version where you learn advanced content, but it’s in podcast form, which is inefficient compared to Du Chinese’s story reading/listening format. And don’t even think about using Duolingo to learn Chinese - it’s even worse. I love how with Du Chinese, not only do you have access to TONS of beginner through advanced vocabulary being used in all kinds of different contexts, and not only does the app give you all individual word translations along with the full sentence translations, it also has a similar vocabulary review feature to HelloChinese (which is one of the best parts of that app). I highly recommend Du Chinese.

the only app that has actually interesting stories to read, is useful even without spending a dime, intuitive UI, and includes flashcards!!!! love love love what you’re doing

Mandarin is the 4th language I’ve studied. So I came to it with a fairly well-entrenched set of tools and study methods that worked well for me. And they were working well for me with Chinese, too. But I ended up dropping all of them after discovering Du Chinese. Not overnight, because old habits die hard. And not necessarily forever, because maybe language #5 won’t have a resource this good. But for now I’m all in.

I downloaded it on a whim not expecting much. The ease of use really increases the quality of life for this app. Easily transitions between traditional and simplified, immediate translations, easily adding vocab for flashcards, etc. An amazing app overall, excited to see how it grows.

This is the best app to help your reading in Chinese! I love watching my progress! It is something I can stay consistent with and the app is easy to use. Best app worth the fee. Wish all languages had an app just like this one!

Every serious Chinese learn should have been had this app. Not many things that can make this app better in my opinion.

My reading and vocabulary retention has gotten so much better since using this app. Way worth the investment.

I hope they introduce a Vietnamese translation option. While I can use English, studying Chinese through Vietnamese would help me understand and remember better, given the similar linguistic roots. I believe this would be beneficial for other Asian languages as well.

I would like more writing although the stories are very interesting and entertaining.

Reading Chinese short stories and articles at my level has really improved my fluency. I’m better at recognizing characters and understanding the grammar thanks to regular usage of this app.