Learn Chinese app review: phrasebook for rravel in China 2021

Introduction

“Ni Hao!” the app greets me, thanking me for installing the Chinese app and letting me know this app works on iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Would I like to upgrade now?

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I don’t know yet, as I haven’t tried the iPhone Chinese app yet! Tapping through a quick, one page guide shows me how the app works and lets me know that if I have trouble, I can always contact them on their website.

I quickly found out that this good Chinese iPhone app is not designed to actually teach you Chinese, but it’s a very handy phrasebook to have with you if you travel to the country of wine, cheese, and garlic.

Keep reading our Learn Chinese app review to, well, learn more about it! 

Most-Used Sentences When Traveling

The app is well-laid-out and comes with an overview of the most-used sentences for traveling to China, particularly the beautiful cities of Beijing and Shanghai. Available in the free version, before upgrading the app, are six handy subjects.

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Greetings allows you to do quick introductions, about where you’re from and what age you are. General Conversation simply has handy conversational sentences to offer. The numbers subject speaks for itself, while directions and places focus on the most common amenities in China.

Transportation is very Paris-based, talking about the metro and the airport. Lastly there is eating out, which has all the basics in there, and then suddenly an odd one out, chrysanthemum tea?! Upgrading the app for $4,99 will unlock another 12 subjects, totalling the amount of sentences to over 800 different ones.

A sentence spoken for you

If you’re completely useless with a language, sometimes it’s handy to have the app do the hard work for you. When you click on a word or sentence, the app will pronounce the sentence for you as if the app itself is a Chinese person.

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Chinese people speak really fast. Luckily, if you actually want to learn to communicate in China a little bit, you can have the app repeat it really slowly, which helps you with the pronunciation. If there are sentences you use often, you can add them to your favorites page.

There is also an option to have the app read out an entire list or subject, which goes so quick, I can’t really seem to find a use for it.

Pros and Cons

Pros

• Very useful if you are travelling to China
• Well designed
• Clear voice

Cons

• Upgrade is expensive
• The fast voice speaks too fast

Conclusion

Learn Chinese - Phrasebook for Travel in China is a very useful app to have in your pocket when travelling to a Chinese speaking country. It won’t make you learn the language and speak it fluently, but it will help you get around and it covers all the basic needs for visiting China.

The app looks really good, is easy to use and only takes up around 23 MB of space on your device. I will definitely recommend this app for anyone wanting to visit China.