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What Reddit Says About Chinese Apps

We compiled 17 Reddit discussions about Chinese apps from 5 subreddits. Here's what real users recommend, complain about, and debate.

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What's the best Chinese language learning app?

r/ChineseLanguage
SuperChinese has been my favorite over the years. And I’ve used a lot, HelloChinese is a close 2nd, DuoLingo isn’t too bad. Du Chinese is great for reading. Tofu Learn for flashcards. Pleco is the greatest dictionary app like you mentioned.

Which are the best apps to learn chinese?

r/ChineseLanguage
I use HanziHero/Anki for characters, HelloChinese for graded readers (Du Chinese also works). I.e., learning enough characters to read, then spamming listening & reading comprehensible input ... I’ll plug the app we’re building, Immersi! It works by showing you clips from YouTube videos and shor...

Best Chinese app in 2024

r/ChineseLanguage
In general I think the apps dedicated to one specific language are better. ... I needed practice with Chinese conversations using language at my lower level and I found Babylon Ai Language Exchange really helpful

What are the most common Chinese mobile Apps?

r/chinalife
... Experienced it in China recently and it is 100000x better than google maps. One I loved most is it would give advanced warning on which lane to stay in. ... I'd argue the most common Chinese apps are Alipay and WeXin pay.

What are essential apps for expats in China?

r/shanghai
盒马 - best grocery store, can also get delivery ... Google Translate - any translate app (with a picture mode) is fine but i've found google to be the most useful and fastest. 哈罗 - the blue bikes. you can get a monthly unlimited pass ...

Best app to learn Chinese?

r/ChineseLanguage
Then I moved on to “next steps in Mandarin Chinese.” ... HelloChinese. It beats Duolingo and honestly has the potential for its parent company to completely replace Duolingo’s languages. It’s a cheap and fair subscription with a ton of options to read and content to read which are all relevant. You ...

2 months in china, most useful apps I've found (android)

r/travelchina
Note - I can't speak Chinese! Alipay - obvious for payments, but always use for QR code scanning as it has a built in screen translator · WeChat - as well as payments, can translate text conversations. Often faster than two people using a translator app.

Useful apps in China

r/chinalife
... Apple Maps is the best if you're on iOS. Android doesn't have a good equivalent that I've found, but Didi pulls from the same source as Apple, so that's not a bad idea actually.

What apps do I need to survive in china?

r/travelchina
WeChat (though getting verified can be difficult without Chinese friends and finding out all the kinks of the app can be annoying) ... And a translator app that can translate spoken words as well as something like Google lens can be really helpful when trying to translate written things (but remembe...

A bunch of chinese app you may be interested in for improving your mandarin

r/ChineseLanguage
youdao hanyu daren: it's a fully chinese dictionary. i use this one when i need a detailed definition of a chinese character in mordern chinese or classical chinese. pretty good for idioms too since at the homepage you can randomly get new idioms to learn. jjwxc / qidian : this is where you sho...

Apps you should install before visiting China (from someone who learned the hard way)

r/China
Amap (Gaode Maps) Way better than Google Maps inside China. It’s mostly in Chinese, but the navigation and public transport info are much more accurate. Trip.com Best app for booking trains, flights, and hotels in English.

which Chinese app is better

r/ChineseLanguage
加油↖(ω)↗ ... HelloChinese and Du Chinese are definitely very good. I also recommend Reword (there's an specific version for Chinese) if you enjoy using and building decks of cards for memorization of vocabulary, phrases, etc.

Supplemental App Recommendations

r/ChineseLanguage
The one app that every learner of Chinese should have is Pleco, the best dictionary ever. Aside from that, get away from screens. It is good that you are getting a beginner workbook. Graded readers are good. You might want to get a grammar reference.

China equivalent of Playstore apps?

r/chinalife
social media: WeChat, perhaps Douyin and/or Xiao Hong Shu if you're curious about Chinese social media. amazon/online shopping: Taobao for almost everything, JinDong for electronics, HeMa for groceries.

List of Chinese equivalents of Western social media platforms and popular websites?

r/China
Subreddit dedicated to the news and discussions about the creation and use of technology and its surrounding issues. ... For those interested in Taiwan! Feel free to share content with the community. ... Of all the possible alternatives to TikTok, they really had to pick another Chinese social media...

Must-Have Apps for Traveling in China

r/travelchina
I definitely need to explore these apps a bit more. So much can be accessed there. Thanks! ... A Chinese SIM. AMAP or baidu Map. Google translate (dl the Chinese package). Microsoft one drive, there are no restrictions in china with this cloud service. ... Also you can use Alipay or WeChatPay for th...

What Mandarin Chinese app/subscription is most worth it?

r/ChineseLanguage
However after that I’m not sure how I will continue to grow my fluency in Mandarin. Due to convenience and being free, I have almost completed every Duolingo Chinese unit. It really helped me to reinforce the characters I learned in school. Based on all of this context, which app/study resource do y...

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