# News Chinese: Learn Mandarin — Intermediate-advanced, HSK too

> Intermediate-advanced, HSK too (iPhone/iPad app by HANSOO LIM.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/news-chinese-learn-mandarin/id6772766089 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [HANSOO LIM](https://appshunter.io/developer/519536297)
- Category: Education, Books
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 17.0.1 · 169 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), Italian, Japanese, Korean, European Spanish, Vietnamese
- Released: 2026-08-07
- Data updated: 2026-08-17
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/news-chinese-learn-mandarin/id6772766089/reviews.md

## What is News Chinese?

You know the words — so why does one sentence of Chinese news still stop you?

News Chinese is an intermediate-to-advanced learning app: understand one sentence in depth — literal translation, natural translation, sentence structure, key vocabulary — then extend it with a word-order quiz and real news.

Read a sentence, hear it, rebuild it, then meet it again in real news. Reading and listening grow together — ideal for intermediate and advanced HSK prep and for current-affairs Chinese.


■ Understand one sentence all the way through

The course is built from real Chinese news articles, edited into lessons you work through step by step. Every sentence comes with the Chinese original, pinyin with tone marks, a literal word-for-word reading, a natural translation, sentence structure and key vocabulary.

Don't stop at the meaning — see how the sentence is built and what nuance each expression carries. Every course sentence plays in the voice of a high-quality AI Chinese news anchor.


■ Make sentences yours with the word-order quiz

Tap the word tiles from a sentence you've studied back into the right order. Each stage has 5 questions, so sentence structure and Chinese word order sink in naturally.

You can replay completed stages anytime for review.


■ Real Chinese news to read and hear every day

Fresh Chinese articles arrive daily from open news sources such as 联合国新闻 and VOA 中文.

Articles support TTS playback and Google Translate, and each one comes with its own extracted vocabulary list.


■ Bookmarks

Save the sentences you like and the articles worth rereading, then study them all in one focused place.


■ A vocabulary notebook that fills itself

Words you mark as learned in the vocabulary list in Latest News Reading are saved to your own notebook automatically. A built-in dictionary of 100,000+ entries shows hanzi, pinyin, meaning and audio in one place, and the full-dictionary tab lets you browse every entry in pinyin order or search it. A dedicated HSK tab covers levels 1 through 9.


■ Go Pro for the full course (in-app purchase)

The free Basic version includes 7 course chapters and 16 quiz stages.

Pro adds every chapter, continuous listening that carries on past the end of a chapter, and all quiz stages.

Everything outside the course and the quiz works exactly the same in Basic and in Pro.

Choose an annual subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. Actual charges follow the prices shown on the App Store, and you can cancel a subscription anytime.


■ Who it's for

• Anyone preparing for intermediate or advanced HSK, current-affairs Chinese or business Chinese
• Anyone who wants to build reading, listening and vocabulary together
• Anyone who wants a real grasp of sentence structure and Chinese word order


Questions and feedback: ddontti_studio@outlook.kr

Pro subscription details
• Pro 1-Year: an auto-renewable subscription. It renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the period ends, and payment is charged to your Apple ID account. Manage or cancel it anytime in your App Store account settings.
• Pro Lifetime: a one-time, non-consumable purchase that does not auto-renew.
• The prices shown on the App Store apply.

Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://taiji1368-ui.github.io/chinese-learning-studio/privacy.html

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pro Yearly | $9.99 | per year |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pro Lifetime | $19.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 1.0.2 — 2026-08-11

Redesigned the app icon and the screen you see when the app opens.
Refined the spacing on the Sentence Study screen, along with the indicator that shows there's more to scroll, so sentences are easier to read.
Fixed an issue where the app's notification setting could fall out of sync with your device's settings.

### 1.0.1 — 2026-08-10

Translation fixes in some chapters, plus app improvements.

### 1.0 — 2026-08-07

No release notes.

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All apps by HANSOO LIM: https://appshunter.io/developer/519536297

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