Awesome
I think this is the best executed app for learning Chinese. It is super easy to view lessons, to translate words while reading, to show/hide Pinyin, to listen to the text or read it. It is really great.
The only thing I don't like is that each lesson is on its own. There are very few lessons which are like stories or expand on the same topic. I would really love to see more lessons which are linked together - e.g. stories and series. Reading stories and books truly improves the reader's skills. If they put me off these then I believe it would make it the best app in the world for learning Chinese.
The only thing I don't like is that each lesson is on its own. There are very few lessons which are like stories or expand on the same topic. I would really love to see more lessons which are linked together - e.g. stories and series. Reading stories and books truly improves the reader's skills. If they put me off these then I believe it would make it the best app in the world for learning Chinese.
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Fun and Effective Chinese learning resource
Upon recommendation of Yoyo Chinese online course I downloaded this app. Having interesting articles at appropriate levels for reading and listening practice brings my Chinese learning to life. The cultural notes incorporated in the articles give my learning depth.
Users may display content as written characters only or add pinyin, and may play an audio recording of the article at different speeds. The English translation sometimes feels like more of a paraphrase and so allows for critical thinking.
It is great fun to work my way through the various articles at the various levels.
Update: after an extended hiatus due to other obligations, I’ve been using Du Chinese with some regularity for about 10 weeks. I’ve already moved up a reading level! The stories also teach me about Chinese culture and history.
$90 for a year is a great value, though it’s a large chunk of change for me. I’m looking forward to working it into my budget.
Users may display content as written characters only or add pinyin, and may play an audio recording of the article at different speeds. The English translation sometimes feels like more of a paraphrase and so allows for critical thinking.
It is great fun to work my way through the various articles at the various levels.
Update: after an extended hiatus due to other obligations, I’ve been using Du Chinese with some regularity for about 10 weeks. I’ve already moved up a reading level! The stories also teach me about Chinese culture and history.
$90 for a year is a great value, though it’s a large chunk of change for me. I’m looking forward to working it into my budget.
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Best app for practicing characters and learning from funny, easy to remember stories
Best app for practicing characters and learning from funny, easy to remember stories
It’s amazing
I struggle with reading Chinese and this app is amazing I 100% highly recommend for people who are learning Chinese
Nice combo of simplicity and features plus responsiveness
This app provides the basics in the best way. Many levels from beginner to “master;” choice of simplified or traditional characters; show or hide pinyin and translation at the tap of a button, and you can choose to show neither, either, or both. The recorded speech is natural sounding and you can adjust the speed (my only quibble: I sometime have a little initial trouble setting the desired speed, but maybe that’s because I have only used the app for a week).
But what really impressed me and led me to subscribe was that I sent in a question about a translation and got a response within a few hours from the proofreader himself! Now that’s some proactive service. After our exchange he made a helpful tweak to the translation. So I have a lot confidence in both the integrity and responsiveness of this service.
I guess I should mention what they don’t offer (as far as I know). I don’t think there is any provision for pronunciation feedback or for learning to write characters. I am considering Hello Chinese for that. But I am highly satisfied with what Du Chinese gives me for the price. Highly recommended.
But what really impressed me and led me to subscribe was that I sent in a question about a translation and got a response within a few hours from the proofreader himself! Now that’s some proactive service. After our exchange he made a helpful tweak to the translation. So I have a lot confidence in both the integrity and responsiveness of this service.
I guess I should mention what they don’t offer (as far as I know). I don’t think there is any provision for pronunciation feedback or for learning to write characters. I am considering Hello Chinese for that. But I am highly satisfied with what Du Chinese gives me for the price. Highly recommended.
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Best app to learn to read Chinese!
The app publishes short stories that are really high quality, and often funny! They feature slang that you won't learn from other apps! You can save words to be tested on later; they use repetition-based testing to make sure you learn the words really well.
Absolutely Fantastic App
I had done most of the apps with the free Chinese lessons and was getting discouraged that I wasn’t understanding the language any better than what I already was. I knew about seven hundred words but didn’t know how to put those words into sentences and still didn’t comprehend spoken Chinese very well. This app was the bridge that I needed to cover the gap of what I was missing from my other Chinese lessons. This put the words into perspective for me, and because of that I am now able to pick them out upon hearing them spoken, much better than before. I am very pleased!!
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Review DU App
A very helpful and appropriate app for learners of Hanoi at different levels . Thanks
Thank you!
Love it. Love the various levels, the modern vocab and the layout. Easy to use, challenging if you want it, and the audio is authentic - not auto. Recommend to all students.
One of the best!
I have been using apps to learn Chinese for several years and only just found this one. It is one of the best apps I have used. It pulls together functions from several apps I have been using to learn to read chinese. Written content, spoken content, dictionary, vocabulary list. The interface is clean, intuitive and very well thought out. When looking up a word it even has a button to link to Pleco, if you have it, so you can get even more information on the word.
If you are learning to read Chinese this is the best app I have found to date. I immediately subscribed to support the work of this developer.
Really well done!
Update 22 Nov 2018....after using this app for a few days I am finding the content to be very good. Many cover situations that I encounter in real life and therefore I find useful. Articles use simple enough language that I can understand most of it but there are always a few words that I don’t know, so I learn something new.
I am trying to improve my listening comprehension so here is how I use it.
I chose an article and I listen to the audio first. I try to understand what is said.
Next I read the article and save words that are new. Then I listen to the audio a couple more times.
I read two articles every day.
If you are learning to read Chinese this is the best app I have found to date. I immediately subscribed to support the work of this developer.
Really well done!
Update 22 Nov 2018....after using this app for a few days I am finding the content to be very good. Many cover situations that I encounter in real life and therefore I find useful. Articles use simple enough language that I can understand most of it but there are always a few words that I don’t know, so I learn something new.
I am trying to improve my listening comprehension so here is how I use it.
I chose an article and I listen to the audio first. I try to understand what is said.
Next I read the article and save words that are new. Then I listen to the audio a couple more times.
I read two articles every day.
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