Chinese Pinyin Trainer
No matter if you're a beginner or a long-time student of Chinese, its tonal nature can catch you out and even cause some serious embarrassment...
The trainchinese Pinyin Trainer will help you master those tones with Pinyin, the standard romanization system for Mandarin Chinese. With almost 2,000 individual sound recordings made by a native Chinese speaker and a variety of question-and-answer methods, it'll keep you on your toes and improve your Chinese listening skills like nothing else. Plus, it's got a complete guide to reading Chinese with the Pinyin system built right in.
Features:
★ Almost 2,000 sound recordings.
★ Answer questions about both Chinese tones and Pinyin "initials"
- helping you with commonly mistaken words like "zhi", "chi" and "shi", and maybe saving you some embarrassment!
★ Complete guide to reading Pinyin with interactive index of Pinyin sounds
- suitable for all levels.
★ Flexible configuration.
Get more apps for learning Chinese at www.trainchinese.com.
Category : Education
Reviews (13)
If errors would affect future tests I would rate 5 stars
Great app. A good addition will be the option to have a hint out clue when you have doubts. It could pronounce all the options presented in the screen so you can compare with the answer. This will help to understand the differences among the options.
Great for helping differentiate tones! I looked how focused this app is on that one feature and no more.
I have a hard time distinguishing tones, and between z,zh,j,ch, c,s,q, and x. I think this app has improved that
It is missing the initial 'Z' That could be a regional thing. Some regions mix up 'zh' and 'z'. The game goes forever and you feel little sense of accomplishment, until you hit review. It needs to have clear sections. It only has one native woman pronouncing the words, and often she is not clear. It would be a nice feature to know what possible words are associated with the two word phrase after you answer.-that way you learn words too.
The female voice in testing does not emphasize the tones. They are slurred and become confusing. There us no ability to set a learning curve. Avoid.
Very easy to understand and use. More for ear training than learning to read or write pinyin. 1 more star if app2sd. Great on ipod too.
Unlike what other reviewers have said, I like the fact that it is difficult to hear what tone the speaker is using. It is good training. It is legit because my Chinese fiancé gets the tones right every time.
Tones are not easy to distinguish, as in real life. Makes for great learning tool.
The paid app doesn't work off line.
I am just getting started with learning chinese, and this app has helped soo much.
At the pair test sometimes the audio files or possible answers are wrong (due to the App). When fixed 5 stars. Otherwise a good to train tone recognition
It's a good app but very limited. We need to be able to create a list of words or select words from the training session two or three at a time to go over separately. It's a very limited app right now.