# Handarin: Chinese Phrasebook — Learn Mandarin, travel China

> Learn Mandarin, travel China (iPhone/iPad app by Luis Sebastian.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/handarin-chinese-phrasebook/id6787658119 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Luis Sebastian](https://appshunter.io/developer/1723029871)
- Category: Travel, Education
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.0 · 24 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, European Portuguese, Russian and 3 more
- Released: 2026-07-22
- Data updated: 2026-09-02
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/handarin-chinese-phrasebook/id6787658119/reviews.md

## What is Handarin?

Traveling to China? Handarin is your pocket Mandarin phrasebook — real travel phrases with native audio, pinyin, and Simplified & Traditional characters, so you can be understood from the moment you land.

WHAT'S INSIDE

149 real travel phrases for the situations you'll actually face:
- Greetings and etiquette
- Restaurants, ordering and tea houses
- Transport: taxi, metro, high-speed train
- Hotels and check-in
- Shopping and bargaining
- Directions and getting around
- Emergencies and health
- Numbers, prices and money
- Useful everyday words

NATIVE AUDIO
Hear every phrase spoken by native Mandarin speakers, with male and female voices, so you learn the tones the right way.

READ AND WRITE CHINESE
- Simplified and Traditional characters plus pinyin for every phrase
- HSK hanzi with meanings and animated stroke order to start reading and writing

34 TRAVEL TIPS
Practical, China-specific advice: WeChat Pay and Alipay, VPNs, DiDi, high-speed trains, tea-house scams, tipping, chopstick etiquette and more — in your language.

BUILT-IN CURRENCY CONVERTER
Convert Chinese yuan (CNY) to your currency in real time, with an offline fallback. One less app to install.

MADE FOR TRAVELERS
- Works fully offline (only live exchange rates need internet)
- 14 interface languages
- Light and dark mode
- Favorites and instant search
- No ads, no account, no tracking — your privacy comes first

FREE & PRO
Handarin is free to use, with a core set of phrases, tips and HSK 1 characters. Unlock everything with a single one-time Handarin Pro purchase — no subscriptions:
- All premium travel tips (culture, connectivity, health)
- HSK 2+ characters
- Lifetime access, buy once

Download Handarin and speak Mandarin with confidence. 一路平安 — have a safe trip!

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## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Handarin Pro | $8.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 1.3 — 2026-08-18

Minor under-the-hood improvements.

### 1.2 — 2026-08-06

Rating prompts now show up at better moments.
If you have already rated Handarin, the app will not keep asking you again while you are studying.

### 1.1 — 2026-08-04

Handarin already spoke 14 languages inside the app — now the App Store page says so too.
The listing was only showing Spanish, so most people never knew the app was available in their own language. That is fixed, and English is now the default listing language.
Nothing else changed: same app, same features.

### 1.0 — 2026-07-22

No release notes.

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All apps by Luis Sebastian: https://appshunter.io/developer/1723029871

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