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NihaoLearn is a free set of tools for learning Mandarin Chinese in the browser: hear how every syllable sounds, drill the four tones with live pitch feedback, write characters in stroke order, and study HSK vocabulary — no sign-up, and your progress stays on your own device.

Start with pinyinSee the learning path
  • 401syllables, each with audio
  • 9,565characters, with stroke order
  • 11,902words, with pinyin and meaning
  • HSK 7levels, plus the classic 2.0 lists

Save what you learn, review it later

Save any character or word while you browse, then review it on a schedule that stretches as you remember it. It lives in your own browser — free, no account, nothing uploaded.

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Start here

Three steps, in the order they work best — each one links straight to the page you need.

  1. Step 1

    Sounds first

    Pinyin is Mandarin written with Latin letters: 21 initials, 36 finals and four tones. Learn it before anything else — in Chinese the tone decides the meaning.

    Start with the pinyin alphabetAll pinyin & tone tools

  2. Step 2

    Then characters and words

    Every character is drawn stroke by stroke, and most words are two characters long. Look up either one as you meet it — both pages carry pinyin, audio and examples.

    Open the character dictionaryHSK word lists by level

  3. Step 3

    Then practise

    Short drills that tell you what you got wrong: listen and choose the word, read with pinyin on every word, or type what you hear. Save your mistakes to the study list.

    Practise by HSK levelGraded reading with pinyin

Everything on NihaoLearn

Every tool on the site, grouped by what it is for. Each group starts at its overview page, if you would rather browse than pick.

HSK 3.0 vocabulary by level

Seven levels in three bands — 1–3 elementary, 4–6 intermediate, and 7 for the advanced band (levels 7–9 share one list). Each level opens the full word list with pinyin, audio and meaning.

Common characters

The 240 characters that HSK 1 is built from, most frequent first — the ones worth learning on day one. Each opens its stroke order, readings and example words.

Show the other 180 characters

Know the sound but not the character? Browse all 9,565 characters by HSK level, or by pinyin initial.