Bao Chinese 包
Learn Mandarin, one bite at a time
Short, five-minute lessons that teach tones, characters and real sentences, with pinyin beside every word and all audio built in. Then play what you learned in the Arcade.
Bao Chinese privacy
Bao Chinese keeps progress on your device. Read the app-specific policy before installing.
About Bao Chinese
Bao Chinese is a calm, offline-first Mandarin course for absolute beginners. Short lessons cover the complete HSK 1 word list and the first HSK 2 unit, with pinyin beside every word, 661 bundled audio clips, graded stories, a spaced-repetition review queue, a 64-character stroke-order lab and three Arcade games. No account, no ads, no tracking.
At a glance
- Type
- Mandarin learning app
- Platform
- Android
- Course
- HSK 1 complete + first HSK 2 unit: 52 lessons, 338 words
- Games
- Tone Tap, Panda Match, Sentence Scramble
- Status
- Google Play internal testing
What to expect
- Complete HSK 1 course plus the first HSK 2 unit, in 52 short lessons across 17 units
- Pinyin beside words, answer choices, build tiles and story lines
- A spaced-repetition review queue and word-strength tracking
- Four graded stories with line-by-line audio and comprehension questions
- A stroke-order lab with real paths for 64 core characters
- Three Arcade games: tone listening, memory matching and sentence building
- Works offline: no account, no ads, no analytics
Bao Chinese is in Google Play internal testing. A public listing will be linked here when it launches.
Questions
Frequently asked
When will Bao Chinese be released?
There is no public release date yet. It is in active development, and we will post a date on this page when we have one.
Which platform is it for?
Planned for Android. Everything shown here is in development and may change.
Will it be free or paid?
Pricing has not been decided. We will publish details here before release.
How can I follow progress?
Check back on this page, or write to contact@xianwuligroup.com and ask to be told when it launches.
Roadmap
Where it stands
- 1Concept
- 2Prototype
- 3In development
- 4Testing
- 5Release
Bao Chinese is in active development and has no public release date yet.
