Chinese Stories - Beginner

Chinese Stories - Beginner Free App

Rated 3.46/5 (56) —  Free Android application by Chinese Stories Publishing Co. Ltd.

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About Chinese Stories - Beginner

If you are learning Mandarin Chinese, our monthly E-books will provide you with the best learning experiences.

Now we have two different levels of E-book collection, which are Elementary and intermediate. As for Advanced level, it is coming soon in six months. You can purchase the E-book in accordance with your language proficiency.

The language used is carefully selected to correspond to official levels. For texts in Simplified Chinese, the characters are chosen in accordance with New HSK (Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi) levels in Mainland China. Our Elementary level corresponds to New HSK level 3, and Intermediate level to New HSK level 4.

As for Traditional Chinese version, the words used are also carefully chosen on the basis of the TOP (the Test of Proficiency-Huayu) standard in Taiwan. Our Elementary level corresponds to TOP elementary level, and Intermediate level to TOP intermediate level.

Each E-book has 12 stories, and each story contains 450~500 Chinese characters.

Our Chinese learning E-books have features as followed:

1. Click on a colored words, and we will show you its English definition, pinyin, part of speech, sentences, and its HSK/TOP level.
2. Click on “More,” and you get to know different meanings of the same word.
3. You can save words you don’t know or aren’t familiar with to memorize later.
4. Click on hyperlinks of proper nouns such as place names or celebrity names, and learn more about Chinese geography, culture, and history while reading Chinese stories.
5. Every story comes with full English translation and pinyin.
6. We track your progress. After reading each article, a five-question quiz will test how well your understanding of the story is and will keep a record of your first-time test result.
7. The audio version of each story enables you to listen to standard Chinese and to train your Chinese listening skill. If you are learning Mandarin Chinese, our monthly E-books will provide you with the best learning experiences.

Now we have two different levels of E-book collection, which are Elementary and intermediate. As for Advanced level, it is coming soon in six months. You can purchase the E-book in accordance with your language proficiency.

The language used is carefully selected to correspond to official levels. For texts in Simplified Chinese, the characters are chosen in accordance with New HSK (Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi) levels in Mainland China. Our Elementary level corresponds to New HSK level 3, and Intermediate level to New HSK level 4.

As for Traditional Chinese version, the words used are also carefully chosen on the basis of the TOP (the Test of Proficiency-Huayu) standard in Taiwan. Our Elementary level corresponds to TOP elementary level, and Intermediate level to TOP intermediate level.

Each E-book has 12 stories, and each story contains 450 ~ 500 Chinese characters.

Our Chinese learning E-books have features as followed:

1. Click on a colored words, and we will show you its English definition, pinyin, part of speech, sentences, and its HSK / TOP level.
2. Click on "More," and you get to know different meanings of the same word.
3. You can save words you do not know or are not familiar with to memorize later.
4. Click on hyperlinks of proper nouns such as place names or celebrity names, and learn more about Chinese geography, culture, and history while reading Chinese stories.
5. Every story comes with full English translation and pinyin.
6. We track your progress. After reading each article, a five-question quiz will test how well your understanding of the story is and will keep a record of your first-time test result.
7. The audio version of each story enables you to listen to standard Chinese and to train your Chinese listening skill.

How to Download / Install

Download and install Chinese Stories - Beginner version 1.5.0 on your Android device!
Downloaded 10,000+ times, content rating: Everyone
Android package: com.chinesestories.googleplay_beginner, download Chinese Stories - Beginner.apk

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App History & Updates

What's Changed
New note function! Now you can add notes on articles.
More downloads  Chinese Stories - Beginner reached 10 000 - 50 000 downloads
Version update Chinese Stories - Beginner was updated to version 1.5.0
More downloads  Chinese Stories - Beginner reached 5 000 - 10 000 downloads
Version update Chinese Stories - Beginner was updated to version 1.4.0

What are users saying about Chinese Stories - Beginner

T70%
by T####:

After downloading, it would crash. Not even open!

H70%
by H####:

Can't use the app. It keeps crashing

T70%
by T####:

Just what I need for my study of Chinese. Thank you!

T70%
by T####:

The older one was the best.. i don't like the girl's voice and accent

M70%
by M####:

I wish I could try as the concept looks interesting

T70%
by T####:

Crashes every time.

E70%
by E####:

Good

Q70%
by Q####:

I was unable to login two updates ago and the app still keeps crashing, they said they fixed some issues but apparently not all of them. Still no FB from developers... UPDATE: Reinstalled, still can't connect to the host even though the website works fine.

Y70%
by Y####:

Haven't been able to use it since I downloaded it.

Y70%
by Y####:

The older one was the best.. i don't like the girl's voice and accent

Y70%
by Y####:

没有注音符號. No word high light when reading.

Y70%
by Y####:

But force closes every time you try to use it. Oh well... Uninstall.

N70%
by N####:

Stories available in tradtional and simplified and great for learning additional vocabulary!

N70%
by N####:

It's great but could offer more


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