LanLan: Learn Chinese Lazily

LEARN CHINESE BY SCROLLING REAL VIDEOS

Real Mandarin videos with pinyin subtitles: tap any word and build your Chinese vocabulary without textbooks.

Textbook Chinese sounds nothing like real Chinese. LanLan 懒懒 (the lazy panda) turns short Mandarin videos into lessons: vlogs, street food, comedy, gaming, Chinese dramas and more. Swipe like you always do, tap the words you don't know, and LanLan does the studying for you.

WHY LANLAN?
• Real Mandarin, the way people actually speak it: 1,000+ hand-picked videos
• Pinyin over every Chinese character, with tone colours, so you hear and see the tones
• Tap any word: meaning, pinyin, HSK level and the sentence you heard it in
• See each character broken down, plus examples of the word from other videos
• Train your listening: LanLan reads the word or the whole line, slowly if you like
• Slow videos down to 0.75x or 0.5x, and tap under a video to pause and read the line
• Every word you tap becomes a flashcard, with the exact video moment you met it
• Spaced repetition brings words back right before you forget them
• Videos picked for your level and what you're into
• Serious mode: business, economics and history in real Mandarin

HOW IT WORKS
1. Tell LanLan your level and why you're learning Chinese
2. Scroll. Chinese subtitles, pinyin and English sit under every video. Tap under it to pause
3. Tap a word you don't know. LanLan saves it as a flashcard for you
4. Review your Chinese vocabulary in a few minutes a day, then scroll again

WHO IS LANLAN FOR?
• Chinese for beginners: your first videos are the easiest, slowest ones (HSK 1 and up)
• Learners stuck between textbook Chinese and real conversations
• Fans of Chinese dramas, anime and variety shows who want to understand without subtitles
• Travellers, people with Chinese family and friends, and anyone learning Mandarin for work
• Lazy learners. Five minutes a day counts

FREE AND PREMIUM
Watching is always free. Free includes 5 word look-ups a day and full learning mode (pinyin, translations, taps) on 3 videos a day. Want more? Watch a short ad for 5 extra look-ups, or learning mode on 3 more videos.
LanLan Premium unlocks:
• Pinyin, tones and translations on every video
• All learning tools in Serious mode
• Unlimited word look-ups
• Flashcard review with spaced repetition
• LanLan voice: lifelike Mandarin, generated on your phone
• No ads
New subscribers try Premium free for 7 days, then yearly, monthly, or once for life. Cancel any time in Google Play.

GOOD TO KNOW
• Videos play in YouTube's own player and belong to their creators. The app never downloads or edits them. Creators can ask for removal at plyerstudios.com/lanlan/dmca
• No account needed. Your words and progress stay on your phone (and in your phone's own Google backup)
• By using LanLan you agree to the YouTube Terms of Service (youtube.com/t/terms)

Questions or ideas: plyerstudios@gmail.com

Recent changes:
Thank you all for the support! I stayed up through the night to get your fixes out:
• Slow videos down to 0.75x or 0.5x
• Tap under the video to pause, read, then hear the line
• Easier, slower first videos for beginners
• 100+ new videos: over 1,000 in all
• The menu no longer covers the buttons on paused Shorts
• Skips under 10 seconds don't use up your learning mode
• Hear the line right from the word card
• Fixed: the first video sometimes froze, and Replay now always jumps back