# HanziBee: Learn Chinese — HSK vocabulary that sticks > HSK vocabulary that sticks (iPhone/iPad app by Pham Ngoc Phu.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hanzibee-learn-chinese/id6799144932 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Pham Ngoc Phu](https://appshunter.io/developer/1475391298) - Category: Education, Reference - Price: Free - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 15.0 · 36 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-10-19 - Data updated: 2026-10-29 ## What is HanziBee? HanziBee helps you learn Mandarin Chinese vocabulary and remember it. Every word you add is scheduled with FSRS, a modern memory model, so you review it right before you would forget it. REVIEW Look at the word, reveal the answer and tell HanziBee how it went: two buttons, no guesswork. Example sentences come with pinyin and translation, a daily goal keeps your streak honest, and words you keep forgetting are flagged so you can give them extra work. LISTEN Play a clip and pick the word you heard. Clips come from the words due today, at normal or 0.75× speed, and anything you mishear twice comes back as its own set. READ Graded stories from HSK 1 to HSK 7–9, each with comprehension questions. Tap any word for its meaning, then add it to a deck in one more tap. Pinyin on or off. WRITE Draw each character with your finger. HanziBee checks every stroke against the real stroke order, and Show me plays it back when you get stuck. Writing has its own review schedule. GRAMMAR AND PARTS OF SPEECH HSK words show their part of speech. HSK 1–5 stories point out the grammar and set phrases they use, such as 因为…所以… and 虽然…但是…; tap an underlined word for a short explanation. DECKS Start with the HSK 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 deck, HSK 7–9 (a free download) or a topic deck, or build your own. Paste a word list, for example from Pleco or Anki, and every word links to its full dictionary entry. PROGRESS See your streak, the cards you reviewed this week, month or year, your accuracy in vocabulary, listening, reading and writing, and how many words you know. WIDGETS Your words on the home screen and the lock screen. YOURS, OFFLINE HanziBee works without an account and without a connection: your learning stays on your device. Sign in with email, Apple or Google to keep your progress and sync it across devices. No ads, no tracking. Also in Vietnamese, with Vietnamese meanings. Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0), Make Me a Hanzi, HSK word lists and Tatoeba example sentences (CC BY 2.0 FR). Licences are listed in the app under You → Licences. ## Is HanziBee safe? Not enough ratings yet to assess HanziBee. ## Is HanziBee legit? HanziBee: Learn Chinese has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for HanziBee is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 2.1.1 — 2026-10-26 • Parts of speech on HSK words: noun, verb, measure word and more • Grammar in reading: HSK 1–5 passages point out the grammar and set phrases they use. Tap an underlined word for a short explanation ### 2.1.0 — 2026-10-23 Grammar and parts of speech in HanziBee 2.1. ### 2.0.2 — 2026-10-21 • New Library tab: every reading passage and listening set in one place, with filters and search. • Reading for every level: 35 new and rewritten passages from HSK 1 to HSK 7–9. Higher levels get longer texts and harder questions. • Daily reading on Home: a few passages at your level each day (three at HSK 1–2, two at HSK 3–4, one from HSK 5). When you're done, the tile opens the Library for more. • Daily listening on Home: start today's clips in one tap. When you've heard them all, the tile opens the Library. • Every passage now uses only words at or below its HSK level. • Fixed pinyin tone colours in some sentences. ### 2.0.1 — 2026-10-20 • New topic decks for HSK 1–3: food, travel, family, work and more, each at its own level • New HSK 4 and HSK 5 decks • Each word appears once, with one reading, so you never get two cards for the same word • Swipe a review card left or right to grade it; tap to flip it either way • Words you can tap in a reading are underlined • The stroke-order strip draws the character stroke by stroke • Topics in Add a deck are grouped by HSK level ### 2.0.0 — 2026-10-19 Bump version to 2.0.0, add more features ## Apps similar to HanziBee | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Học Tiếng Trung HSK](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hoc-tieng-trung-hsk/id6818833542) | — | Free | Education | | [SimplySpeak: Language Learning](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/simplyspeak-language-learning/id6760601172) | — | Free | Education | | [HanziMemo](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hanzimemo/id6784321006) | — | Free | Education | | [INAFESA](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/inafesa/id6444282158) | — | Free | Education | | [Học tiếng Trung dễ dàng](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hoc-tieng-trung-de-dang/id6740896320) | — | Free | Education | | [Learn Chinese Pinyin & Tones](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/learn-chinese-pinyin-and-tones/id6787444982) | — | Free | Education | --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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