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A complete toolkit for learning Mandarin — pinyin, stroke order, HSK vocabulary, tones, picture learning, pinyin chart, graded reading and radicals. Free, with no registration, built for beginners and serious learners alike.
Everything You Need to Learn Mandarin
From your first pinyin syllable to advanced HSK 6 reading, each tool focuses on one core skill so you can practise deliberately.
Pinyin Converter
拼音转换器Convert any Chinese text into pinyin with accurate tone marks. Paste a paragraph or a single character and instantly see the pronunciation.
Open toolStroke Order Practice
笔顺练习Learn to write Chinese characters with the correct stroke order. Animated guides show every stroke so beginners build proper habits from day one.
Open toolHSK Flashcards
HSK词汇卡Practice HSK 1 through HSK 6 vocabulary with spaced repetition. Track which words you know and focus your review where it matters most.
Open toolTone Trainer
声调训练Master the four Mandarin tones through listening and comparison drills. Train your ear to distinguish mā, má, mǎ and mà with confidence.
Open toolChinese Reading Reader
中文阅读器Graded reading passages with on-demand pinyin annotation and tap-to-translate vocabulary. Read at your level and grow your understanding naturally.
Open toolRadical Explorer
部首探索Decompose any character into its radicals and components. Discover the meaning behind each building block and remember characters faster.
Open toolPicture Learning
看图学中文Learn Chinese vocabulary through pictures. Three difficulty levels from everyday nouns to four-character idioms, with audio pronunciation.
Open toolPinyin Chart
拼音图表Complete interactive pinyin table with 23 initials and 24 finals. Click any cell to hear pronunciation, switch between tones, and learn phonetics rules.
Open toolChinese Learning Guides & Tips
In-depth articles on pinyin, tones, HSK, characters, and free resources — written by experienced Chinese language educators.
How I Learned 800 Chinese Characters in 3 Months: A Real Case Study with Daily Practice Plan
A first-person case study on learning 800 Chinese characters in 90 days using radical-based learning, spaced repetition, and mnemonic stories. Includes the exact daily practice plan, tools used, and research that backs the methods.
Why Chinese Tones Aren't Actually Hard: The Pitch Contour Method That Changed Everything
A contrarian take on Chinese tones: they are not hard, they are unfamiliar. Learn the pitch contour visualization method that rewires your brain to treat pitch as language, with a 30-day training plan, real research on tone acquisition, and the science of why tones are actually the easiest part of Chinese.
How to Start Learning Chinese from Zero: A Complete Beginner's Guide (2026)
A step-by-step guide for absolute beginners to start learning Mandarin Chinese. Covers pinyin, tones, first characters, study schedule, and the best free tools. Updated for 2026.
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We remove every obstacle between you and the language. No accounts, no fees, no friction — just focused practice.
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Skip the sign-up form. Open any tool and start practising immediately. Your progress stays private on your own device.
Works on All Devices
Responsive design adapts to phones, tablets and desktops. Practise pinyin on the metro or study stroke order at your desk.
PDF Export
Turn worksheets, flashcards and reading sheets into printable PDFs. Study offline or hand them out in a classroom.
From HSK 1 to HSK 6 Fluency
The Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi is the international standard for Mandarin proficiency. Follow this path and measure your progress at every stage.
Beginner
150 words · Greetings, numbers, basic phrases
Elementary
300 words · Daily life and simple conversations
Pre-Intermediate
600 words · Travel, shopping and routine topics
Intermediate
1,200 words · Work, study and opinion exchange
Upper-Intermediate
2,500 words · News, essays and abstract ideas
Advanced
5,000+ words · Fluent reading and professional use
How to Learn Chinese Effectively
Learning Chinese is one of the most rewarding journeys a language learner can undertake. Mandarin is spoken by over a billion people and opens the door to thousands of years of literature, philosophy and culture. For beginners, the path to fluency starts with mastering pinyin — the official romanisation system that teaches correct pronunciation and the four tones. Once pinyin is solid, you can begin to learn Chinese characters through their stroke order and radicals, the building blocks that give every character its meaning and form.
A structured approach is essential for sustainable progress. Most learners follow the HSK (Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi) framework, which ranges from HSK 1 (roughly 150 words and basic greetings) to HSK 6 (5,000+ words and near-native reading ability). Free Chinese learning tools like ours let you practise each level deliberately: convert text to pinyin, drill vocabulary with spaced-repetition flashcards, train your ear on the four Mandarin tones, learn words through pictures, explore the full pinyin chart with audio, and read graded passages with on-demand annotation. Because every tool is free and requires no registration, you can focus entirely on the language itself.
Consistency matters more than intensity. Ten focused minutes a day with a stroke-order practice tool or a few HSK flashcard reviews will compound into real fluency over months. Pair daily practice with authentic input — graded readers, slow podcasts, labelled images — and you will steadily understand more of the language. Whether your goal is travel, business, reading classical texts or simply the joy of a new script, SkillXM gives you the free tools to learn Mandarin at your own pace, on any device, anywhere in the world.