Du Chinese: Read&Learn Chinese

In-app purchases
11.8K reviews
Content rating
Rated for 3+
500K+
Downloads
Content rating
Rated for 3+
In-App Purchases
Learn more
Screenshot image
Screenshot image
Screenshot image
Screenshot image
Screenshot image
Screenshot image
Screenshot image
Screenshot image

About this app

Du Chinese is a reading and listening app that helps you learn Chinese naturally, at your own pace. Whether you're a beginner or studying for HSK, learn Chinese while building confidence and vocabulary, one story at a time.

Learn Chinese with free readings through a growing library of articles, stories, and courses written and translated by real teachers, designed for learners from beginner to advanced levels. Practice the Chinese language with pinyin, native audio, and instant translations. Use the built-in Chinese dictionary, grammar explanations, and flashcards to learn more efficiently.

Build your Mandarin proficiency with regular reading and listening practice. From everyday conversations to original stories and Chinese culture, our content helps strengthen your Chinese vocabulary and develop fluency naturally.

Beginner, intermediate, or advanced, you will find readings that match your level and improve your Mandarin reading and listening skills.

Features
• Simplified and Traditional characters
• HSK level markings, pinyin, and tone colors
• Detailed Chinese grammar explanations
• Recommended lessons based on your reading history
• Written and narrated by native Mandarin speakers
• Audio synchronized with text
• Sentence translations and context-based word translations
• Save and review words with an intuitive SRS flashcard system
• New lessons added every weekday
• Pleco, Hack Chinese, Hanping, and Skritter integration
• Progress tracking

Learn Chinese for free or upgrade to unlock access to:
• 3000+ articles, stories, and courses to explore
• Offline study to learn Chinese on-the-go
• Audiobook mode for immersive listening experiences

Practice your reading, listening, speaking, and writing all with one app.
▶ Reliable and engaging stories that will keep you reading Chinese
▶ Listen and repeat with native Mandarin audio to master your tones
▶ Summarize and rewrite stories to practice writing characters
▶ Memorize characters and new words/vocabulary with flashcards.

Beginner Chinese learners can start from ni hao and work their way up through our beginner courses that will take them through HSK 1 and HSK 2. Use pinyin only for difficult words or hide it entirely as your confidence grows.

Intermediate Chinese learners (HSK 3 and HSK 4) can begin reading more elaborate stories while learning to use Mandarin grammar in context. Hide pinyin or use difficult words only to show pinyin for all words above your level.

Advanced Chinese learners (HSK 5 and HSK 6) will enjoy our short stories adapted from Chinese folktales and our collections on the Tang Dynasty, Han Dynasty, and more! Our app also covers topics like everyday life in China, funny stories, business Mandarin, latest trends in China, and Chinese history.

Read Chinese at your Level:
Whether it’s our beginner courses about life in China, advanced stories about history, or daily conversations, you can find material from HSK 1-6 to practice reading Chinese! When you stumble on a word you can check our dictionary with translations or jump to Pleco for more definitions.

Save Time:
The Du Chinese app offers a built-in dictionary, pinyin, translations, and professional audio. Take control of your learning experience with our integrations with popular apps like Pleco, Skritter, Hanping, and Hack Chinese.

Improve Your Tones:
Mastering tones can be very difficult, especially when you’re trying to mimic a robot! That’s why we have professional recordings by native speakers for every lesson. So when you say hello in Mandarin, people will understand your 你好.

Expand Your Vocabulary:
Learn Chinese as you read to pick up the most useful words naturally. As you read, save new words and practice them later to build your vocabulary. Our interactive flashcards make it easy or sync them with Skritter or Hack Chinese.

Privacy policy: https://www.duchinese.net/privacy_policy.html
Terms of Use: https://www.duchinese.net/tos.html
Read Mandarin at any level, effortlessly.
Updated on
Aug 20, 2026

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
  • This app may share these data types with third parties
    App activity
  • This app may collect these data types
    Personal info, App activity and 2 others
  • Data is encrypted in transit
  • You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

11K reviews
A Google user
January 14, 2020
I enjoy this app very much. I'm not a beginner student and I find the short stories very useful in teaching me how to form sentences better rather than just learning words. Usually I watch Chinese tv series with subtitles to learn a bit here and there, but you can't save the new words when watching TV. Thank you to the developers for creating these contents:')
8 people found this review helpful
Did you find this helpful?
Alessandro Re
October 13, 2026
The app is Ok in general, has content, the interface is decent. I like the dictionary integrated with the text, but it could be richer when it comes to grammar explanations. It would be nice to have a way to rate the stories and find them for user rating.
Did you find this helpful?
Sinamon
October 14, 2026
Hi, thank you for your feedback! We'd love to hear more about what you'd like to see in the grammar explanations. Could you please contact us at [email protected] and share your thoughts?
Ruthanne Bowers
September 9, 2026
I don't like the new streak feature and wish I could turn it off. I don't care about my streak and it takes up space on the home screen.
12 people found this review helpful
Did you find this helpful?
Sinamon
August 5, 2020
Hi Ruthanne! The amount of free content is the same as always, with about 5-6 new free lessons being released every week, but we are also adding more content exclusive for our subscribers. We are dependent on our subscribers, and without them we would not be able to continue work on Du Chinese.

What’s new

Learn at your own pace with new stroke order animations and more listening speed options!