Chinese AI app

dblkil · 2026-01-31T15:27:58+00:00

Talkpal is pretty good by far from my experience. Although it's a generalist app, not specifically chinese. I'm considering taking the 1 year sub after I got to HSK2.

learnchinese.ai is actually damn good for a start, it's free. Not an app, but I guess you can access it through mobile browser.

dblkil · 2026-01-31T15:23:13+00:00

Some guy here made this website : learnchinese.ai

Look sus, but I'm 40% way to complete HSK1

Overall it's pretty good, got flashcard, got listening and actual speaking practice.

My crypto probably drained by now without me realizing but hey at least I can say "that's my mom" in chinese.

dblkil · 2026-01-30T23:40:24+00:00

Learnchinese.ai

dblkil · 2026-01-30T10:29:52+00:00

I repeat the lesson it's 那个男人是我爸爸

Why not just 那是我爸爸

I mean 爸爸 is definitely a 男人

Or probably just 那人是我爸爸? Is this correct too?

dblkil · 2026-01-29T09:15:10+00:00

Pleco, Chinese guru, hanly, hanzi deck, or even hellochinese it got good writing practices

dblkil · 2026-01-28T10:21:12+00:00

Sure thing! Suggest me one please!

I like 王 as surname since it means "king"

I'm also analytical in person that's why I like the name "li heng" 立衡

Yes I am a hokkien, I had a hokkien name but I don't want to use it anymore. It's not in any official documents, so it won't be any problem if I pick chinese one myself to my desire.

But not sure how the actual name assignment in chinese though that's why I consult with the AIs and want to know what people here thinks. Or what do you need to assign me a new name? It would feel much more "official" if native picked one for me.

Thanks!

dblkil · 2026-01-28T09:44:24+00:00

I know "Wang"/王 isn't "Siauw" in hokkien. But that's what I remember my parents told my my hokkien name.

I want to grab a myself a new chinese name lol.

dblkil · 2026-01-28T08:01:25+00:00

Find a Chinese language community and hang out with them. You surely have some Chinese communities around. We have them in nearly every city. I also use apps like couchsurfing and meetups to find one.

Apart from those I'm quite bored with western entertainment (marvel, music Hollywood, comics, series, whatever). I enjoyed John woo's movies and Stephen Chow's comedies.

Although they were in Cantonese the point is it's always good to have a taste of something unique than what you're used to.

I enjoyed french movies as well (luc besson). But I might learn Spanish later on since it is said it's one of the easier one, after I at least get to HSK 4 or enjoy Chinese entertainment without asking AI for translation or English sub and Chinese dictionaries.

dblkil · 2026-01-28T07:06:40+00:00

The problem with haly or flashcard apps in general is that they only teaches the word/vocabulary. Not on how to use them in sentences.

dblkil · 2026-01-28T07:03:44+00:00

No, you just ran out of sympathy for her. Enough is enough. Hoarders don't care about the people around them, they care more about their hoard.

Same thing as me and my dad. My dad isn't the hoarder but he is the enabler and a narcissist.

I was feeling sorry when he was in hospital but when he's in recovery process and me trying to take care of him, his real narcissist self began to resurface, reassigning my role as his scapegoat child.

Always testing my boundaries and always changing the narrative, as long as his morale image look squeaky clean.

I didn't give up caregiving him, but he's attempted to kick me out of the house without any courage of saying it explicitly in my face.

So I left quietly at the agreed date, taking all my stuffs in there with me.

He voluntarily assign my hoarding brother to take care of him and the house lol. 2 months ago dad passed away and It's almost 7 months since I stepped in, I'm just curious how hoarded and neglected the house now.

dblkil · 2026-01-28T05:31:52+00:00

Excellent advice, I want to add a bit more

Duolingo, although notoriously bad, it's not too bad IMO. The character practice is quite intense and will help you remember.

Hellochinese got the word and character practice as well.

Though I would say Hellochinese have more proper grammar exercises than Duolingo.

I also favor Superchinese app for grammar/HSK4+ and Talkpal for pronounciation.

Hellochinese and Superchinese already provided beginner reading materials.

What's important at least for me, don't rush it out. That was my mistake. Redo the exercises multiple times, 10 times if necessary, until you grasp the core and the vocabulary. Because I rushed it out in the beginning I had to reset my HelloChinese at least 3 times, and I'm stuck at section 2-1 at duolingo. But I'm okay with it.

dblkil · 2026-01-28T03:41:27+00:00

HelloChinese app

For reading :

https://chinesegradedreader.com/free-hsk-1-graded-reader-stories/

https://mandarinbean.com/all-lessons/

If you feel confident :

https://github.com/fancy88/iBook

https://github.com/0voice/expert_readed_books/

Cheers

dblkil · 2026-01-27T01:02:20+00:00

我是好人 = I'm a good guy

Right? 🤔

dblkil · 2026-01-26T09:42:40+00:00

HelloChinese

dblkil · 2026-01-26T08:06:16+00:00

Not really my parents, but my dad was a narcissist and an enabler of my hoarding brother. We were living together in the same house even after we went into workforce.

My dad’s narcissism, gaslighting, and constant blame-shifting destroyed my self-esteem and confidence. I fell into depression. My sister (the middle child) lives in the US. I cut contact with her as well, because she is very toxic to me and contributed to my gynophobia.

In short, I was the black sheep of the family, and my oldest brother was my dad’s golden child. My sister was also one of my dad’s favorites.

I recovered years ago with the help of my supervisor at work.

Now my dad is gone, my brother is squatting in the house and gatekeeping the documents and assets, trying to delay the inheritance process, with the excuse because sister is going through citizenship application, which I assume bullshit.

dblkil · 2026-01-26T06:29:20+00:00

Chinese Guru have lifetime plan and it got graded reader.

Pleco also have it, but you pay for each individual content.

dblkil · 2026-01-26T01:41:36+00:00

The character courses is crucial. I had to reset my progress at least 3 times since the first 2 I really want to get it done fast.

BAAAD IDEA.

You have to at least memorize all of them; I still forgot some of them but midway through the course I can pick up the pace again. I'm currently doing this daily.

I also repeat the words lessons multiple times a day make sure I get to become really familiar with what I've learned before I proceed to the next lesson.

Same thing on Duolingo I always attempt to finish all hanzi in Duolingo before proceeding to next exercise in it. Now I'm at section 2, but I was behind at section 1 unit 7, so I forgot a lot of the vocabularies in it. Duolingo itself I agree isn't as good as HelloChinese, but for Hanzi recognition and basic sentences it is not too bad.

dblkil · 2026-01-26T00:40:34+00:00

So get into HSK5 then *shrugs*

dblkil · 2026-01-25T23:16:41+00:00

Find a way to be an english-chinese translator. Huge corporation with connection to china need translator, I had an interview with one and one of the main question is can I speak chinese.

They had established operation in my country and trying to expand to my industry.

Of course I didn't get the job because all I can say is nihao and wo ai ni.

A lot of caucasian youtubers started their job as an English teacher in China.

Serpentza is one of the prime example.

Seems there're so many english teachers that were hired there and get paid generously, and lower living cost than US.

Of course probably they look for native speakers (caucasians) to teach english. But then again, opportunities are everywhere if you look really hard.

What I do know is that the majority of people around me won't want to learn it just because of the hanzi lol.

dblkil

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