你好! Speak survival Mandarin in 12 short lessons.

Real native audio. Bilingual scaffolding. Practice that actually sticks. Travel-ready in days, not months.

🎧 850+ native audio clips 🇨🇳 + 🇺🇸 Bilingual mode 🧠 Spaced practice ⏱ ~10 min per lesson
Get the course → Try Lesson 5 free (restaurant)
One-time payment · No subscription · Lifetime access

Built differently — three things every other app misses

Most apps drill isolated vocab. We teach you to use chunks of real conversation. From day one.

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Situational chunks, not flashcards

Order food. Get directions. Bargain at a market. Every lesson is a real scenario — vocab + dialogue + practice, all in one place.

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Three audio modes — your choice

Chinese only. Chinese → English. English → Chinese. Pick how you want to learn each session. Slow down to 0.7×, loop 3× / 5× / ∞.

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SRS practice that won't let you forget

Star tricky cards. The app schedules reviews based on the Ebbinghaus forgetting curve — see them right before you'd forget.

By the end of Lesson 12 you can…

请问,地铁站在哪里?
Ask for directions politely
麻烦给我一份炒饭,不要辣。
Order at a Chinese restaurant
太贵了!便宜一点。
Bargain in the market
师傅,麻烦去机场。
Talk to a Beijing taxi driver
我对这个过敏。
Tell a doctor what hurts
你周末有空吗?
Make plans with a new friend

Try it before you buy

Lesson 5 (Order Food at a Restaurant) is free to try — the whole experience: native audio, bilingual chain, SRS practice.

▶ Open Lesson 5 (free)

Lessons 1-12 unlock with your activation code after purchase.

Pick your tier. Pay once. Own it for life.

No subscription. No drip-feed. Two tiers — pick how far you want to go.

Tier 1
Starter
US$19.99 one-time
Survival Mandarin for travel & day-to-day
  • Lessons 1–12 (greetings → emergencies)
  • 850+ native-recorded audio (CN + EN)
  • 3 audio modes (中文 / 中+EN / EN+中)
  • SRS practice deck (Anki-style)
  • Star + typing recall + loop drills
  • Lifetime access · all future Starter updates
  • Lessons 13-30 (Builder + Fluent)
Buy Starter →

After purchase, Gumroad shows you a unique activation code for your tier. Enter it on the activation page to unlock the app.

⚠️ Keep your code private. Anyone with your code can activate the course on any browser, on any device. Sharing your code with friends gives them the same access you paid for — so please treat it like a password.

Common questions

Do I need any Chinese background?

Zero. Lesson 0 covers pronunciation. Lesson 1 starts with 你好 (hello). Pinyin is shown beside every Chinese word — you don't need to read characters.

Will I be able to read Chinese characters after?

Not exhaustively — this is a SPEAKING course. You'll recognize the ~230 characters you've practiced. To master reading/writing, pair this with a character-focused product later.

How does the activation code work?

Buy on Gumroad → you get an email + receipt page with your code. Visit the activate page and paste it. The app unlocks on this browser for life. Lose access? Re-paste your code anywhere — codes are reusable on your devices.

What if my Chinese sounds wrong?

Every audio is native-recorded. You can play at 0.7× to slow it down, loop ∞ to drill, and shadow it line-by-line. Pronunciation feedback (AI) is on the roadmap.

Refund policy?

Try Lesson 0 + Lesson 1 free before you buy. After purchase, Gumroad's standard 14-day refund policy applies — no questions asked.