Chinese Guru
Master thousands of characters in no time.
Download it today and enjoy one week free trial!
Dictionary and UI available in
English, Français, Español, Italiano, Deustch, Magyar, Português, Türkçe, ภาษาไทย, Tiếng Việt, Bahasa Indonesia, Русский, العربية, हिन्दी
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Learning sessions
AI + Spaced Repetition
Our study technique based on spaced repetition ensures long-lasting and effortless learning.
The following 4 modules are worked on during the sessions, but feel free to target the modules that interest you most!
Writing
Learn to draw characters naturally until you have mastered them completely.
You can choose to study characters in their simplified or traditional form.
Translations
Learn to translate your characters, words and phrases from Chinese into English and vice versa.
Our algorithm ensures that you master their translation in both directions.
Tones
Learn the tones of each character in a natural way.
Tracing the tones allows you to associate the gesture with the sound and to retain them permanently.
Pronunciation
Learn the pronunciation of your characters, words and phrases from their pīnyīn/zhùyīn transcription.
This module helps to consolidate the learning of tones.
Detailed statistics
Follow your progress with detailed statistics by module.
Numerous data are available to help you learn:
accuracy, number of characters mastered, errors, number of elements studied...
Features
More than 10,000 Chinese characters available
Quickly master the writing and pronunciation of thousands of words and characters.
Word lists
Study the lists already available or create your own lists of words. Just enter you words in Chinese and the app will translate them. You can even download commonly used Chinese manual words lists.
Lists details
Browse your lists, edit them or choose the elements you want to include in your studies. You can also export your lists and even create writing sheets.
Smart lists
Follow your progress thanks to the smart lists. Review difficult elements or check your last errors.
Writing
Learn to write any character until you master it. Many options are available. More than 10,000 characters are ready for use and many more are on their way.
Translations
Practise and learn to translate your words in Chinese or in English. The translations are available in English and in French.
Tones
Practise each character tone by drawing it in order to remember it forever.
More than 120 000 entries available
Search any word or character, from Chinese, pīnyīn, or English.
Radical search
Search any character from its radical or key, just like in a paper Chinese dictionary.
Stroke search
Draw a character stroke by stroke to find its translation.
History and favorites
Browse the history of the entries you already referred to or manage your favorites list.
Translations
Study the translations and other details about the selected entries.
Chinese language
Browse through all pīnyīn and zhùyīn syllables and listen to them.
You can even study the most frequent classifiers and much more!
Subscriptions
Manage your subscriptions : monthly/6-monthly/yearly/lifetime (one-time purchase).
Manage your data
Save your data to the cloud (iOS) or locally, or restore previously saved data
Other settings
Choose a new Chinese font, change the app icon (iOS) and more!
Optimized for iPad/tablets
Chinese Guru is even more powerful on iPad/tablets.
The two-columns interface makes it easy to browse your lists or the dictionary.
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