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Pinyin Trainer by trainchinese Screenshots

iPad

iPhone

About Pinyin Trainer by trainchinese

Master the sounds of Mandarin Chinese with ease!

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...

Pinyin Trainer will help you master those tones using Pinyin, the standard romanization system for Mandarin Chinese. With almost 2,000 individual audio recordings 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:

- Score by tapping the words that you hear

- Train both Chinese tones and Pinyin "initials" sounds, to help you distinguish between commonly-confused words

- Integrates with our Chinese-English dictionary to provide potential definitions for Pinyin words

- In tone sketching mode, answer tone questions by drawing Pinyin tones with your fingers!

- Almost 2,000 high quality original audio recordings

- Free guide to reading Pinyin, with a complete index of one-syllable Chinese sounds

What's New in the Latest Version 4.3.0

Last updated on Oct 18, 2020

Old Versions

This update improves stability. Thanks for using Pinyin Trainer!

Version History

4.3.0

Oct 18, 2020

This update improves stability. Thanks for using Pinyin Trainer!

4.2.2

Oct 30, 2019

This update improves reliability on iOS 13. Thank you for using Pinyin Trainer!

4.2.1

Feb 4, 2019

This update fixes a crash that occurred when jumping to the trainchinese dictionary to start a search from the "Review" table.

4.2

Feb 1, 2019

Better support for the taller screens of the iPhone X family.

4.1

Oct 18, 2016

— email yourself test results!
— support for iOS 10
— bugfixes

4.0

Oct 10, 2013

- iOS 7 UI compatibility
- Look up Pinyin words in Chinese-English dictionary
- Bug fixes

Jun 28, 2011

- All new recordings: now almost 2,000 recordings in higher quality audio
- Corrections made for some tests
- New test mode: practice Pinyin initial sounds
- Loading time reduced for guide
- Settings simplified

1.0

Jul 1, 2010

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