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.
Reddit Threads
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.
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...
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
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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.
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...
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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...
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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