# Paici: Snap & Learn Chinese — HSK Reading, Pinyin & Speaking

> HSK Reading, Pinyin & Speaking (iPhone/iPad app by 北京觅友科技有限公司.)

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- Developer: [北京觅友科技有限公司](https://appshunter.io/developer/1317337287)
- Category: Education, Reference
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 137 MB
- Languages: American English, Arabic, Burmese, Khmer, French (France), German (Germany), Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh and 15 more
- Released: 2026-05-21
- Data updated: 2026-10-31

## What is Paici?

**Paici — Turn Any Chinese Text Into a Lesson**

Learning Chinese from a textbook, novel, menu, or newspaper? Just take a photo.

Paici instantly recognizes Chinese text and turns it into an interactive lesson with Pinyin, translation, native-style audio, and speaking practice. Learn from the Chinese you actually encounter—without switching between multiple apps.

**SNAP AND LEARN**

Take a photo of any Chinese material, including HSK textbooks, books, articles, signs, and menus. Paici recognizes the text and automatically organizes it into easy-to-read sentences.

**READ WITH PINYIN AND TRANSLATION**

See accurate Pinyin with tone marks and translate the text into your preferred language. Tap through the content sentence by sentence and understand Chinese without interrupting your reading.

**LISTEN AT YOUR OWN SPEED**

Hear every sentence read aloud with clear AI voices. Adjust the playback speed from 0.7× to 1.3× to match your listening level.

**PRACTICE CHINESE PRONUNCIATION**

Read each sentence aloud and receive instant pronunciation feedback. Identify mistakes, improve your tones, and build the confidence to speak Mandarin naturally.

**PREPARE FOR HSK AND HSKK**

Turn your existing HSK materials into interactive reading, listening, and speaking exercises. Paici is ideal for HSK vocabulary review, reading practice, and HSKK speaking preparation.

**LEARN FROM REAL CHINESE**

Go beyond fixed lessons. Practice with the books, stories, news, signs, and everyday content that matter to you.

Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

**Why learners choose Paici:**

• Photo-to-lesson Chinese OCR

• Pinyin with tone marks

• Instant multilingual translation

• Adjustable Chinese audio

• Sentence-by-sentence speaking practice

• AI pronunciation feedback

• HSK and HSKK study support

• Suitable for beginner to advanced learners

**Open a page, take a photo, and start learning Chinese with Paici.**

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 Month | $9.99 | per month |
| 1 Year | $49.99 | per year |


## Is Paici safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Paici.

## Is Paici legit?

Paici: Snap & Learn Chinese appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Paici is 70 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.2.4.2 — 2026-09-25

• Read-aloud — now supports English, Japanese, Korean, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Indonesian and Russian, alongside Chinese.
• Native language support — 25 languages: Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Vietnamese, Thai, Indonesian, Malay, Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Polish, Khmer, Lao, Burmese, Urdu, Kazakh, Mongolian and Uzbek.
• PK speaking practice adjusted — the conversation partner speaks the language you set to learn, which can be any of the 25 languages.
• English example sentences added.

### 1.2.4 — 2026-09-15

• Read-aloud — now supports English, Japanese, Korean, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Russian, alongside Chinese.
• Learn any language — 25 interface languages: Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Vietnamese, Thai, Indonesian, Malay, Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Polish, Khmer, Lao, Burmese, Urdu, Kazakh, Mongolian and Uzbek.
• OCR improved — faster and more accurate text recognition across languages.

### 1.2.1 — 2026-08-06

• OCR optimization — improved text recognition speed and accuracy.
• Pinyin optimization — enhanced pinyin conversion accuracy and better handling of polyphonic characters.

### 1.1.7 — 2026-07-21

• Subtext explanation — uncover the hidden meaning behind Chinese sentences in a fun way.
• Tap & lookup words — select any Chinese characters to hear pronunciation and see definitions.

### 1.0.7 — 2026-06-04

• Improved OCR accuracy — text recognition is now faster and more precise.
• Optimized text layout — cleaner formatting for scanned Chinese content.
• Swipe to select phrases — select any Chinese word combination for translation.

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