Training
One card at a time, scheduled by SM-2
Choose From Multiple Modes that help you to learn how it fits you best. Take advantage of SM-2 spaced repetition: The better you know a word, the less often you need to answer it's card
Dozens of options to improve your training
Seven quiz modes, native audio, character breakdowns and full progress tracking
Pinyin drills
Train your ear on 1,600 sounds
In Chinese, the tone conveys meaning: Hear a syllable and identify it — multiple choice while learning, typed answers once you know it. Spaced repetition tracks every syllable-and-tone combination separately.
Mnemonics
Remember each Character with a Story
The Hanzi Movie Method maps pinyin initials to actors, finals to locations, tones to rooms and radicals to props. Saved scenes reappear during training when you need them.
Match game
Small games to take a break
Every so often training pauses for a matching round drawn from your newest, hardest or recently confused words to improve your memory and have a little fun in between.
Statistics
Keep track of your progress
Daily attempts, accuracy and streaks, plus per-word statistics, your five hardest words and how many reviews are due on each of the next 30 days.
Your word list
HSK lists in, or your own words
Start with an HSK 3.0 or HSK 2.0 list in one click, or add words yourself — the Translate button fills in pinyin and meanings. Tag anything, filter by tag, and train just that set.
Your data
No vendor lock-in
Import new words at any time, export all your words and translations and progress, for free.
Settings
Tuned to how you learn
Full control how and what you want to learn with dozens of adjustments to personalize your training.
LLM support
Bring your own model
Translations start with the built-in CC-CEDICT / HanDeDict dictionary, no key needed. Add your favourite LLM or DeepL on top to find translations for new words, stories for the hanzi movie method, or example sentences for daily life that use only words you already know.
Mismatches
The words you keep mixing up
When a wrong answer is a valid translation of another word you know, the app records the pair. You see a hint right away, the Mismatches page keeps the full history, and the match game drills those pairs back at you.
Open source
Be part of the change
Suggest a change and the community implements it — or build it yourself and send it in. Nothing about the app is out of reach.
Self-hosted
Run it on your own machine
Host the app yourself with Docker or on a Raspberry Pi. Your data stays on your hardware, in a plain SQLite file, and you can adjust everything however you want.