DuHanZi - Read Chinese

Changes 2.0 : • Listen to the texts read by native speakers. Currently, about 25% of all stories are covered. Soon all.

• Reading comprehension tests for beginner, elementary and intermediate level stories. Currently, only the recently added stories include tests. Soon all.

• Added context for saved words.

• Added option to activate night mode according to the system setting

• Other fixes and improvements.

APK Description:

DuHanZi is an application that provides reading articles in both simplified and traditional Chinese, written by native speakers, to help you test and improve your Chinese skills. Main features:

• The articles are divided into 6 levels of difficulty: beginner, elementary, intermediate, upper-intermediate, advanced and proficient, so you can choose the reading material according to your Chinese level.
• Possibility to display pinyin at the touch of a button.
• English translation available for all the articles to help you test your understanding of the read text.
• The text can be read aloud* by the text-to-speech service. Audio can be paused, stopped or skipped to another point in the text that you want to listen.
• Popup window with word’s translation when Chinese character is touched. The popup lets you save the word for later reference, listen to its pronunciation or share it to another app.
• Favorite stories section.
• Words section that includes Word of the day, Saved words and Touched words.
• Night mode available to let you read in the dark without straining your eyes. It can be activated in Settings.
• Daily interesting Chinese sayings on homepage.
• New reading articles frequently added, covering many topics that let you learn interesting things about China and not only.
• Plenty of free content.
• No online account is required to access the content.

If you would like to see new features added or, if you find any bugs, please send us a feedback using the form included in the app.

* This function requires the Google text-to-speech engine installed on your phone, available in Google play.
** The application requires a working internet connection in order to download content.

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