TCB | Read Chinese to Learn

Very useful learning app. You get to practice reading current news items. Great.

Flash cards are so important but the flash card lesson is not fully developed: the featured Chinese characters are so tiny. At the reveal side, some HTML codes are still visible. Please also display the Chinese character as well on the reveal side so we can refer to it. The lessons/articles does not remember what I have read even when I choose to show ‘Unread’ and I have marked my articles as read already. It will reset to show everything. This means I have to always scroll down to find unread articles. It also does not remember my HSK level settings as it will always reset whenever I come out of reading an article. This is very tedious. Highlighted characters do not always appear as highlighted in other articles. When I view character strokes, it would be helpful if I can skip the stroke animation and just see the completed character. This would help in memory retention. On some occasions TCB will forget that I have subscribed and will list the articles as only available for premium. I think I’m paying a premium price for my subscription. These problems should not be around. I wish to continue subscribing so I hope you will lease fix and update

“Reading news articles and current affairs” is undoubtedly one of the most relevant satisfying methods to pick up language. TCB provides this — giving ample challenge to the serious learner. One gets a view into the daily world of China too! No full article English translations provided though... hence this might pose some learning difficulties for the foreign learner as the two languages cannot be translated literally. However, it encourages diligence and focus towards good progress. My improvement suggestion to TCB is to provide a full article translation to improve contextual understanding; and also provide print option capability so that students can print and scribble notes on their lessons for peer discussions rather than just be tied to their phone/computer ( hence data streaming ) as their only means to study. Thank you also to MD/ Co-founder Sean for being supportive when contacted via email. I wish TCB continued excellence in helping learners through a worldclass app.

Great app. Definitely worth every penny for anyone serious about learning Mandarin!

I’m paying for this too but can’t access articles. Remove bugs and this thing rocks.

Great app for listening to news articles in Chinese while being able to touch on Chinese words with pinyin to see the translation as you listen.

I have been studying Traditional Mandarin forever and always looking for new apps in order to improve my skills. So years ago, I went through this fabulous The Chairman’s Bao and fell in love with it! This year I made the decision of purchasing a few Mandarin lifetime subscriptions apps and can’t be happier with the decision I made !!!🤓🤩🙏🏻 Reading and listening are one of the keys in order to acquire a new language skills, especially if one wants to take it to a higher level. This app focus on this -I would say - almost a 100%. It helps to connect audio, reading / sentences sequences, and Chinese characters , so you can practice memorizing as well. The fact you can also read aloud these short stories and articles is a fantastic way to feel confident with Mandarin. It’s amazing how many different words one can learn by reading this material regularly!! One of the positive things about TCB is its huge and diverse library with different levels of vocabulary, which is renewed I think almost every day with new additions ! Please, give a try! You won’t regret!🙌🏻🌟🤩It’s SO easy to keep up with Mandarin this way!🫶🏻🥰 HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!! I would like to thank Diego and his wonderful team for their patience and kindness!🙌🏻🤩 Leah Grullón M.

I’m so happy with the new TCB app! The team has done a great job and I’m convinced that TCB is really the only app one would need to study Chinese. Maybe the part that could use some improvement is the flash card system. However, TCB has integration with Hack Chinese - which I haven’t used yet - so I imagine it’s not a priority to tinker with. Maybe I’m using that feature incorrectly, but I can’t seem to get cards to sort from oldest to newest. And there’s no notification like in an SRS style flash card system of what you should be reviewing when. I use a free app for that part of learning but there’s also a lot of debate whether flash cards are even helpful. TCB gives students the tools to take charge of their learning and that is what I appreciate most. The audio for the stories is exceptional and the content is so interesting compared to a textbook. I genuinely enjoy reading the articles that are published. Thanks!

This is one of my most useful apps for learning Chinese characters In an interesting and meaningful way. I would like to see more variety in text sizing. I noticed some want the size to be smaller but I would like it to be larger especially the first time I’m studying an article. I do sometimes have glitches in the games section for some reason. I really like those games because my memory needs them to help retain the characters.

What a great app!