About MyOwnLingo · Chinese (Mandarin)

Games for learning Chinese (Mandarin), from CEFR level A1 to C1. No ads, no energy limits, no app to install: it adjusts the level every round and goes deeper on grammar and vocabulary than a streak app does.

The games

Missing Word. A small word is missing from a sentence in Chinese (Mandarin): a particle like 的 or 了, a measure word, a word like 在 or 给. Pick the right one. Two tries.

Sentence Reorder. Tap the shuffled words of a sentence in Chinese (Mandarin) back into order. Three tries.

Pick the Meaning. A word in Chinese (Mandarin) and four meanings. Pick the right one. Two tries.

Type the Word. A meaning in English: type the word in Chinese (Mandarin), in characters or in pinyin. Tone marks or tone numbers (ni3 hao3) both count; right but for the tones still counts, and you see them. Two tries.

Word Snap. A word in Chinese (Mandarin) and a meaning: right or wrong? Against the clock; ten mistakes and it's over.

Word Pairs. Thirty tiles: fifteen Chinese (Mandarin) words and their meanings. Find the pairs. Three mistakes close the board.

Word Grid. Sixteen tiles of letters. A meaning comes up: spell its Chinese (Mandarin) word from the board and its tiles turn over. Clear the board. Three wrong words close it.

Levels

Score over 65% in an eight-question round and the next round is a level harder; under 35% and it is a level easier. Word Snap and Word Pairs are scored on the questions you reached. When your level runs short of material, the games borrow from the levels next to it.

Mastery

Every game remembers what you know. Get an item right three times in a row and that game stops asking it, then brings it back once after a month, three months and a year to check. One miss and it is back in rotation.

Today's challenge

Three games a day, the same three for everyone. Finish a round of each and the day is done; keep it up and your streak grows.

Practice

Flashcards, separate from the games and the scoreboards. What you miss comes back soon; what you know drifts further out.

Content and author

The words, sentences and grammar notes are written and checked for this site. If you find a mistake, let us know through hello@myownlingo.com.