PinYinPal
Free
7.0.1for iPhone, iPad
Age Rating
PinYinPal Screenshots
About PinYinPal
Learning Chinese is no longer ridiculously complicated. PinYinPal teaches players to read, recognize, and define Mandarin characters in a fun, simple game.
Pinyin uses letters of the alphabet to spell out traditional Mandarin characters. Challenge your friends to a match by strategically placing your tiles on the board and score the most points. Get more points for correctly identifying the character and definition of the word you just played.
(And lose points if you don’t!) Helpful tools, such as an interactive dictionary, enable you to be a competitive opponent from the first move without any previous knowledge of Mandarin.
It’s an exciting game for both native and novice speakers. Over 1 billion people speak and read Mandarin Chinese. Aren’t you ready to be one of them?
Features:
- Truly free app.
- View the Mandarin characters during gameplay with the tap of a button.
- Word Finder feature helps you find your next word based on the letters you have in your queue.
- Dictionary feature lets you find the meaning of the word you or your opponent played, look up the Pinyin translation for Chinese into English, and hear the pronunciation of each word.
Available for the iPad and iPhone.
Pinyin uses letters of the alphabet to spell out traditional Mandarin characters. Challenge your friends to a match by strategically placing your tiles on the board and score the most points. Get more points for correctly identifying the character and definition of the word you just played.
(And lose points if you don’t!) Helpful tools, such as an interactive dictionary, enable you to be a competitive opponent from the first move without any previous knowledge of Mandarin.
It’s an exciting game for both native and novice speakers. Over 1 billion people speak and read Mandarin Chinese. Aren’t you ready to be one of them?
Features:
- Truly free app.
- View the Mandarin characters during gameplay with the tap of a button.
- Word Finder feature helps you find your next word based on the letters you have in your queue.
- Dictionary feature lets you find the meaning of the word you or your opponent played, look up the Pinyin translation for Chinese into English, and hear the pronunciation of each word.
Available for the iPad and iPhone.
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What's New in the Latest Version 7.0.1
Last updated on Sep 28, 2020
Old Versions
Fixed the Textfield being transparent.
Minor bug fixes.
Minor bug fixes.
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Version History
7.0.1
Sep 28, 2020
Fixed the Textfield being transparent.
Minor bug fixes.
Minor bug fixes.
7.0
Sep 21, 2020
Performance Updates for iOS 14
Minor Bug Fixes and Improvements
Minor Bug Fixes and Improvements
6.4.8
Aug 24, 2020
Minor enhancements and bug fixes.
6.4.7
Jul 29, 2020
New Help Section,
Minor bug fixes and enhancements.
Minor bug fixes and enhancements.
6.4.6
Jul 10, 2020
Help Section Updates
6.4.3
May 28, 2020
Minor bugs and enhancements
6.4.2
Apr 23, 2020
Minor bug fixes
6.4.1
Apr 8, 2020
Minor bug fixes.
6.4
Mar 11, 2020
Minor fix: Display 10 points bonus when user has 3 or more words.
6.3.3
Feb 25, 2020
Minor bug fixes.
6.3.2
Jan 13, 2020
How To Play section, minor bug fixes.
6.2.7
Dec 3, 2019
Typo Fixes, Bug Fixes, End Game Popup Sound and Animation
6.2.4
Nov 12, 2019
More typo corrections. End game popup is updated.
6.2.1
Oct 30, 2019
Filtered games from ongoing and completed.
6.2.0
Oct 26, 2019
Minor typo fixes.
6.1.8
Oct 15, 2019
Minor Bug fixes
6.1.3
Oct 5, 2019
Leaderboard,
Bug Fixes,
Remove Tutorial Video on launch
Bug Fixes,
Remove Tutorial Video on launch
6.0.9
Sep 19, 2019
Leaderboard, Play with Top Score Players
6.0.6
Aug 28, 2019
Active Players,
Play Random Players
Play Random Players
6.0.5
Aug 22, 2019
Invite users thru username, email. More enhancements.
5.3.2
Jul 24, 2019
Fixed the audio bug.
5.3.1
Jul 15, 2019
Set only 1 type of game board.
5.3
Jul 4, 2019
Bug fixes
5.2
Jun 28, 2019
Minor bug fixes.
5.1
Jun 25, 2019
Updated for iOS 12
Bug fixes and improvements
Bug fixes and improvements
3.0.1
Feb 9, 2018
Updated store screenshots.
3.0.0
Feb 7, 2018
Reverted to iOS only baseline.
2.0.4
Oct 24, 2017
Fix size of chinese characters in word selection screen. #103
Make the text size bigger on register screen, login screen. #110
Make the text search box bigger #109
Enlarge all words on history panel #107
Player should sign up for a new account after first play as a guest #105
Add extra confirm password box to sign up account. #106
Play the game directly by automatically highlighting the selection. #108
Make the text size bigger on register screen, login screen. #110
Make the text search box bigger #109
Enlarge all words on history panel #107
Player should sign up for a new account after first play as a guest #105
Add extra confirm password box to sign up account. #106
Play the game directly by automatically highlighting the selection. #108
2.0.3
Sep 28, 2017
Fix for resume game - to tell which game is my turn #87
Fix to quit or resign from a game if it is the other player's turn #90
Fix for chat message to highlight the tab when new messages are available #88
Fix to quit or resign from a game if it is the other player's turn #90
Fix for chat message to highlight the tab when new messages are available #88
2.0.2
Sep 22, 2017
Added last played field in GameSelectionScreen/PlayWithPlayer field so user can find active players
2.0.1
Sep 8, 2017
Fix to use backup servers in Hong Kong (HKG) region in case primary server in Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) region can't connect.
2.0
Aug 30, 2017
Achievements, Leaderboard
Enhanced chat feature
Single player mode vs computer (NPC)
Multiple dictionaries.
Enhanced chat feature
Single player mode vs computer (NPC)
Multiple dictionaries.
1.0.4
Dec 9, 2016
Support for iphone and ipad.
Updated Chinese dictionary.
We added push notifications.
Improved finding players algorithm.
Improved facebook and twitter integration.
Updated Chinese dictionary.
We added push notifications.
Improved finding players algorithm.
Improved facebook and twitter integration.
1.0.3
Feb 19, 2013
Hello!
We are busy making improvements to PinYinPal and are releasing this update for your continued learning and fun.
This update is required for all v1.0.2 players. When you make the update, all unfinished games will be lost. Sorry about that!
What's new:
- Updated dictionary: there are 3211 pinyins available now as well as translations to new languages!
- Added selection and speech for Traditional / Simplified Chinese
- Added selection and speech for English / French / German / Spanish / Italian definitions
- Improved social sharing for Facebook and Twitter
- Added end of game notices
- Added a Replay option
- Added a first-time player tutorial
- Updated the Help section
- Added confirmation for word play
- Added feedback ability so you can let us know how to continue improving the game
- Updated color schemes
- Fixed random button issues
- Fixed random words showing up
- Misc. bug fixing and improvements
We are busy making improvements to PinYinPal and are releasing this update for your continued learning and fun.
This update is required for all v1.0.2 players. When you make the update, all unfinished games will be lost. Sorry about that!
What's new:
- Updated dictionary: there are 3211 pinyins available now as well as translations to new languages!
- Added selection and speech for Traditional / Simplified Chinese
- Added selection and speech for English / French / German / Spanish / Italian definitions
- Improved social sharing for Facebook and Twitter
- Added end of game notices
- Added a Replay option
- Added a first-time player tutorial
- Updated the Help section
- Added confirmation for word play
- Added feedback ability so you can let us know how to continue improving the game
- Updated color schemes
- Fixed random button issues
- Fixed random words showing up
- Misc. bug fixing and improvements
1.0.2
Jan 14, 2013
- Audio support for Dictionary and Word Finder
- Game Log updates
- Additional Tutorial
- Additional social integration
- Numerous bug fixes
This update will require a new install of the game. It is not compatible with Version 1.0.1.
- Game Log updates
- Additional Tutorial
- Additional social integration
- Numerous bug fixes
This update will require a new install of the game. It is not compatible with Version 1.0.1.
1.0.1
Dec 15, 2012
- fixed critical issue in the game logic
- added speech to the dictionary
- added umlauts to the history
- added speech to the dictionary
- added umlauts to the history
1.0.0
Dec 7, 2012
PinYinPal FAQ
Click here to learn how to download PinYinPal in restricted country or region.
Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of PinYinPal.
iPhone
iPad
PinYinPal supports English