Du Chinese: Read&Learn Chinese helps you read Mandarin with native audio, pinyin, and translations, spanning beginner to HSK levels. With 500,000+ total downloads and an average rating of 4.82 from 10,454 ratings, it maintains strong Education rankings across SE (#21), CZ (#36), and IT (#50). The app has been actively developed for years, offering a wide library of articles and stories to build confidence and vocabulary at your own pace.
Pros & Cons
Strong multi-market Education presence across SE, CZ, and IT
Extensive content spanning HSK levels 1-6 and 3000+ articles, stories, and courses
Native audio with synchronized text and translations
Integrated dictionary options and SRS flashcards for vocabulary
Offline study and audiobook mode for flexible learning
Diverse content including Pleco, Skritter, and Hack Chinese dictionary integrations
Compared to some competitors, there may be less emphasis on speaking/pronunciation-focused practice
About Du Chinese: Read&Learn Chinese
Du Chinese: Read&Learn Chinese is an education app developed by Sinamon.
Download Statistics
Du Chinese: Read&Learn Chinese has been downloaded 820 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 16 thousand times. It is ranked in the top 100 education apps.
User Ratings
Du Chinese: Read&Learn Chinese is rated 4.81 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 10 thousand ratings.
App Information
Du Chinese: Read&Learn Chinese is FREE to download. The APK download size is 19.42 MB. The latest version available is 3.5.0. The last update was on June 8, 2026.
Technical Requirements
Du Chinese: Read&Learn Chinese requires Android 5.0+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Low Maturity. The app has been available on Google Play January 2016.
Description
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.
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Recent changes: We've added a new resource hub for quick access to keywords, grammar, and more while you read. Premium users can now start listening from any chapter of a story.
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Comments on Du Chinese: Read&Learn Chinese for Android
★★★★☆Ndzalama Maluleke· Nov 30, 2025
Great app. However, it seems that the content is HSK focused. I think this is great for HSK practice, but I wish there were more beginner stories with beginner grammar but vocab that isn't HSK focused as well (e.g. chinese stories from Storybooks Canada). With the current stories I feel like I'm barely learning any new words in my current HSK level because I already memorized the vocabulary lists for them while going through the book. But good app.
★★★★★syl· Sep 19, 2025
Super stories for easy reading, good flashcards. One of my favorite Chinese learning apps.
★★★★★FELIIPE· Sep 16, 2025
This is the best story app to learn Chinese, not because of the software design or etc., but because of how simple and down to earth the stories are, with each from the same group of stories repeating the same words, so you can memorize better. The flashcards and vocabulary count system is also great. Not to mention the amount of stories, great app I highly recommend it.
★★☆☆☆MJ Brushett· Feb 20, 2026
I really love this app, but it's just too expensive. There isn't enough interesting content to justify the price and new uploads are slow. Plus I was really enjoying three kingdoms and their version does a huge and stupid time skip after Liu beis victory at Guangdong essentially cutting out the most important bits of the story
★★☆☆☆Aki Eronen· Nov 11, 2025
I used the free version, and it seems very well done. Problem arises that the price for value is way too high if you want premium, which you need as there are not many free lessons.
★☆☆☆☆Tianjin Hafson International· Jun 1, 2025
I bought the premium for one year and still I cannot use it. Wft waste of money. Can't even login now. Forget password also says this account doesn't exist. No customer support at all.
★☆☆☆☆S S· Mar 8, 2026
Subscribed until November 2026, but it said I have to buy premium again. Is it normal? Did you see my email? I send you. Здравствуйте а вы рассматриваете мою проблему?
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