DongChinese

Dong Chinese creates personalized Chinese reading material just for you. Powered by AI, it generates short stories matched to your vocabulary level, so you always read at the right difficulty — challenging enough to learn, easy enough to enjoy.

How it works:
Pick a topic — daily life, travel, food, technology, culture, and more — or type in anything you want to read about. Dong Chinese instantly generates a Chinese story tailored to you. Every story comes with a list of new vocabulary words, complete with pinyin and English definitions.

Tap any word to look it up
While reading, simply tap any Chinese word to pull up its full dictionary entry. Includes the complete CC-CEDICT dictionary built right into the app for instant, offline lookups.

Read your way
Switch between three display modes: characters only, characters + pinyin, or characters + pinyin + English.

Sync with Anki
Connect your AnkiWeb account and Dong Chinese will use your existing flashcard decks to generate stories that reinforce the words you're already learning.

Key features:
- AI-powered story generation on any topic
- Full CC-CEDICT dictionary with 120,000+ entries, entirely on-device
- Tap-to-look-up for instant definitions while reading
- New words highlighted with pinyin and meanings
- Three reading display modes
- AnkiWeb integration to personalize stories to your vocabulary
- Stories saved locally for offline re-reading
- Simplified and traditional character support