Seedword: Learn Mandarin

Seedword helps you learn the 5,000 most common Mandarin words, in the order you're most likely to meet them. Start with the words Chinese speakers use every day, then grow from there.

REAL EXAMPLE SENTENCES
4,386 words, including all of your first 400, come with a real example sentence written by people, not generated. You see the word in context, with the sentence in characters, its pinyin and an English translation.

SWIPE TO LEARN
Each day, Today's Words brings your reviews plus a few new words. Swipe right if you know a word, left if you're still learning it. Words you know come back less and less often. Words you're learning come back the next day. Undo is one tap away.

YOUR JOURNEY
The 5,000 words are grouped into 50 seeds of 100 words, from Newcomer to Sage. When you know 80 words of a seed, the next one unlocks. Already know some Chinese? A short placement test finds your starting point.

MADE FOR READING AND LISTENING
- Simplified or Traditional characters
- Pinyin always visible, or only after you flip the card
- Tap the speaker to hear any word or sentence with your iPhone's Chinese voice, tap again to hear it slower
- Search all 5,000 words by characters, pinyin or English
- Save favorites, and see what you're learning and what you know

A DAILY HABIT
Choose how many new words you want each day, track your streak, and set a daily reminder if you like.

FREE AND PRIVATE
Seedword is free, with no ads, no account and no tracking. Your progress stays on your iPhone, and the app works offline.

Words, meanings and sentences come from open resources: wordfreq, CC-CEDICT and Tatoeba.