Reading stories
Hanzi, pinyin and English switches, tapping words, auto-read with highlighting, and the reader settings.
How it works
Read, Chat and Learn in a few minutes: tapping words, switching between Hanzi, Pinyin and English, letting a story read itself to you, talking to Pikkolo, and shadowing native audio.
Feature by feature
A short video for each part of the site.
Read
Illustrated stories at your level, and ones written just for you.
Custom stories
Ask Pikkolo for a story about anything, at your level, and browse the ones other readers have shared.
Chat
Speaking practice, out loud, with Pikkolo or in everyday scenes.
Chat with Pikkolo
Speak Mandarin out loud, get gentle corrections, then finish for your score and share it.
Scenes
Role-play everyday situations, like ordering at a café, with a task to complete.
Learn
Shadow native audio, from single words up to whole pages.
Learn: words
Shadow single words with native audio, test yourself, and pick up ten new words a day.
Learn: sentences
Shadow whole sentences, tap any word, and narrow the deck to the words you're learning.
Learn: paragraphs
Follow a whole story page word by word, then read it back yourself.