Speak Mandarin. Zhihuzhe hears every tone.
Read a sentence aloud and get it back marked up, syllable by syllable: which tones landed, which slipped, and how to fix them. Then keep talking with a teacher who’s free whenever you are.
Read aloud
I’d like a cup of coffee.
Wrong tone, you said hé
You rose, like hé. Keep 喝 high and level, as if you were holding a note: hē.
- Tones
- 71
- Sounds
- 95
- Fluency
- 88
- Native pitch, coloured by tone
- What you said, where it differs
- Marked for practice
Choose a syllable to read the teacher’s note.
Practice out loud, not just on screen.
Apps that teach Chinese by tapping tiles leave out the hard part. Zhihuzhe is built around speaking and listening, and all of this works today.
A marked-up copy of every sentence you read
Record yourself reading any Chinese text. Every syllable comes back marked: correct, wrong tone, wrong sound or missed. You also get scores for tones, sounds and fluency, and a note on what to change first.
How checks work| 好 | CorrectTone and sounds both match. | |
| 买 | Wrong toneFell instead of dipping, so it sounded like 卖, to sell. | |
| 是 | Wrong soundsh came out as s, one of the most common slips. | |
| 了 | MissedSkipped. Small words like 了 carry meaning too. |
A teacher to talk to at any hour
Chat in Chinese with Xiao Lin, Master Wang or Manager Li. Every reply comes with pinyin, and mistakes get corrected inside the conversation instead of stopping it.
Meet the teachersXiao Lin:
嗨！你周末做什么了？Hi! What did you get up to at the weekend?
You:
我去公园了跟朋友。跟朋友 is in the wrong place
Xiao Lin:
很好！小提示：跟朋友放在动词前面。我跟朋友去公园了。Nice! Small tip: 跟朋友 goes before the verb. I went to the park with friends.
Pinyin over anything you paste
A WeChat message, a menu, a paragraph from your textbook. Paste it in and every character gets its pinyin, coloured by tone, with the tone changes in words like 一起 and 不客气 already worked out.
Open the readerPinyin shows up here as you type.
Five voices to listen to
Hear any line read aloud in a natural voice, slowly enough to follow and clearly enough to copy. Each teacher speaks in their own voice.
Listen in the lab- AoedeGentle and warmXiao Lin's voice
- KoreClear and preciseRepeating after a model
- PuckBright and livelyCasual chat
- CharonCalm and measuredMaster Wang's voice
- FenrirDeep and confidentManager Li's voice
Three teachers, each with their own way of teaching.
Each one knows your HSK level and what you’re working toward, and adjusts how much English, pinyin and grammar to use.
- 小林
Xiao Lin
Conversation buddy, HSK 1–4
嗨！你周末做什么了？
Hi! What did you get up to at the weekend?
Speaks in the Aoede voice
- 王老师
Master Wang
Grammar and HSK exam coach, HSK 1–6
今天我们练习把字句。请改一下这句话：我吃完了饭。
Today we're practicing 把 sentences. Rewrite this one: I finished eating.
Speaks in the Charon voice
- 李总
Manager Li
Business Chinese mentor, HSK 4–6
下午的会议，你准备好了吗？
Are you ready for this afternoon's meeting?
Speaks in the Fenrir voice
Coming to the app: a daily habit, not a cram session.
The iPhone and Android apps build on the same checks and teachers with eight new ways to practice in five spare minutes.
- 调Tone gymShort drills on the 20 two-syllable tone pairs, plus the tone changes nobody explains well, as in 你好, 一杯 and 不是.
- 跟ShadowingHear a line, say it straight back, and see your pitch drawn over the model's.
- 演Role-play scenesOrder dinner, haggle at a market or get through a job interview, with a teacher playing the other side.
- 读Graded readerShort stories at your HSK level. Tap any word for its pinyin, meaning and sound.
- 词Word bankNew words from your chats and stories collect here, and come back for review just before you'd forget them.
- 进Tone mapOne chart of every tone pair you've practiced, so you can see that it's 3 → 2 that keeps catching you.
- 拍Snap and readPoint your camera at a menu, sign or label and get it back with pinyin and meanings.
- 写Stroke orderTrace characters in a practice grid, stroke by stroke, and get told when the order's off.
From your first 你好 to HSK 6.
Tell Zhihuzhe your level and your teachers pitch every conversation, check and reading just above it.
HSK 1
150words
Greet people, say who you are, count, tell the time and ask simple questions.
HSK 2
300words
Shop, order food, ask the way and manage short everyday exchanges.
HSK 3
600words
Get through travel, work and study routines, and tell a short story about your day.
HSK 4
1,200words
Talk with native speakers on a wide range of topics and read simple articles.
HSK 5
2,500words
Read newspapers, follow films and give a full talk without notes.
HSK 6
5,000words
Understand nearly everything you read and hear, and say exactly what you mean.
Start with one sentence.
Read 我想喝一杯咖啡 aloud in the lab and see what your tones look like. You don’t need an account.