SuperChinese: Learn Chinese

What SuperChinese is for

SuperChinese is a Mandarin Chinese learning app in the Education category. The developer says it is built on artificial intelligence and aimed at people starting from no Chinese as well as at professionals.

Beginners get Pinyin, the romanised system used to show how Chinese words are pronounced, before moving on to characters. The listing also says the app covers basic vocabulary and essential phrases.

Learning pronunciation and tones with Pinyin

The Pinyin section is the starting point for absolute beginners. It gives you a Latin-letter spelling for each syllable, so you can say words aloud before you can read the characters.

The developer presents this as the way to improve pronunciation, which is the part most new learners find hardest to self-check.

Memorising vocabulary and characters

Spaced repetition is the main tool for remembering words. Items you have seen are shown again at intervals, so the ones you keep forgetting come back more often.

Animated videos and thematic lessons work alongside it. The videos illustrate each concept, and the thematic lessons group new words by topic, so vocabulary arrives in related sets rather than as a random list.

Practising speaking, reading, writing and listening

The listing names four skills: speaking, reading, writing characters and listening. Each is covered in the lessons, so a single course gives you practice in all four rather than one.

Keeping lessons engaging

Gamification runs through the lessons. The developer describes it as a way to make study feel like play, which is the main motivational device the listing mentions.

Together with the spaced repetition and themed lessons, it is the part of the app meant to keep you returning day after day.