Real Mandarin. Now it clicks.

A dictionary lists every sense. The card tells you what the word means in the sentence in front of you, keeps whole expressions together, and then shows every part.

Chrome, Edge and Firefox on a computer, and Safari on iPhone and iPad through the free Mandarin The Wild app. In other browsers and on Android, the demo on this page and the reader still work, and you can copy a setup link for later.

Yes. Looking up words, the Library with its audio, Review and the free tools cost nothing, with no ads and no free trial that turns into a charge. Looking things up and the Library stay free for good. A plan for heavy learners may come later, and nothing you keep will ever be locked.

Not to look words up. You need one to keep words, so your Backpack and Review follow you to any device you sign in on.

Not on YouTube: the video keeps playing while you read a card. On Netflix, Disney+, Viki and Prime Video it waits while a card is open and plays on when it closes. Pause after each line is there if you want it.

No. It reads the Mandarin on the page in front of you. Nothing goes to your Backpack until you keep a word yourself.

It works best once you know some basics, around HSK 2 and up. From zero, start with the free tools, no account needed: tone practice draws your pitch over a native speaker’s, the pinyin trainer drills tones by ear in real words, text to speech reads any Chinese aloud with pinyin, and listening practice plays real sentences at your HSK level.