MandarinTap

MandarinTap Free App

Rated 4.18/5 (143) —  Free Android application by Alan Hampson

About MandarinTap

Mandarin Tap, is a simple effective way to learn Mandarin Chinese. Learn by constructing words and phrases out of mandarin characters. As each word is constructed, the meaning and Mandarin pronunciation are appended. You are first instructed on how to construct the words and phrases, then your recall of them is tested. Progress against each individual character is tracked, so its easy to see which characters are proving tricky.

36 Lessons at present, covering
Introductions, greetings, numbers, food, work, shopping, travel, days of the week, months of the year, countries, cities etc.

30 new addition lessons are coming soon. If you have lesson requests, please do send them in.

Chinese audio vocabulary recorded by a native Mandarin speaker.

How to Download / Install

Download and install MandarinTap version 1.2 on your Android device!
Downloaded 5,000+ times, content rating: Not rated
Android package: com.mandarintap.android, download MandarinTap.apk

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App History & Updates

What's Changed
Initial Release
More downloads  MandarinTap reached 5 000 - 10 000 downloads

What are users saying about MandarinTap

C70%
by C####:

Great app for beginners! I think you should add a few options to customize our learnig experience. For instance turning off the initial hints on each lesson. I dont want to be reminded each time I open a lesson I studied previously. Keep up tge good work and I hope you can continue improving this app

I70%
by I####:

I really like this app, but after not using it for a while, I opened it up again and it wouldn't work once I clicked a lesson. Please look into this because I'd really like to use it again. I'm on a Samsung Note 3.

K70%
by K####:

Very good

N70%
by N####:

This is a longer version I love this one

L70%
by L####:

But please give the option to turn off hint arrows. Please!

X70%
by X####:

Great little app,but please add more content! I have completed what is there and am willing to pay for more!

X70%
by X####:

I got it as a really helpful app to learn mandarin. Thanks

C70%
by C####:

This is a great app for beginners like myself.

F70%
by F####:

I think this method of learning is very good. I love how each character is explained within the words and each word is explained within the sentence.

K70%
by K####:

Doesn't work, period. The main screen loads, but tap on any lesson, and I get a black screen. Guessing that perhaps the lesson is downloading in the background, I let it sit for awhile, but no success. Very disappointed. Perhaps it isn't compatible with Android 5.

Y70%
by Y####:

I love the concept of the app but I can find several large adjustments that would improve the app a lot. First, often a character refuses to allow itself to be selected. This is annoying. Second, there should be a 'replay audio' button in the practice section so that you can hear the pronunciation of the whole phrase again before moving on. Finally, review sessions should be more different from learning sessions. I think what makes this app awesome is the way that individual character meanings are grouped together and displayed with the cumulative meanings of the combined characters. I also really like how the practice sessions force you to pick from similar looking characters, very practical.

Y70%
by Y####:

Great little app,but please add more content! I have completed what is there and am willing to pay for more!

M70%
by M####:

Good

Z70%
by Z####:

This apps is excellent. Teach u every steps. Keep it simple but usefull. I keep trying to find apps that interest me to learn chinese and now I found it. Thank you a lot.

Z70%
by Z####:

I agree with DeColumnas assessment, great start! Add those features and this is the killer app.

J70%
by J####:

this is an extremely good program you will man alive i'm running this is a very good program * up im recommend to everybody i hope your maker for career and japanese is where

R70%
by R####:

Just need more content. Maybe create from the 1000 most used charactets

Z70%
by Z####:

I am early into using this but its really enjoyable. With pinyin, english and chinese characters its easy to figure out what is going on.

X70%
by X####:

Great app for beginners! I think you should add a few options to customize our learnig experience. For instance turning off the initial hints on each lesson. I dont want to be reminded each time I open a lesson I studied previously. Keep up tge good work and I hope you can continue improving this app

V70%
by V####:

I love the concept of the app but I can find several large adjustments that would improve the app a lot. First, often a character refuses to allow itself to be selected. This is annoying. Second, there should be a 'replay audio' button in the practice section so that you can hear the pronunciation of the whole phrase again before moving on. Finally, review sessions should be more different from learning sessions. I think what makes this app awesome is the way that individual character meanings are grouped together and displayed with the cumulative meanings of the combined characters. I also really like how the practice sessions force you to pick from similar looking characters, very practical.

K70%
by K####:

This app doesn't just cover the same vocabulary that other apps use, it also adds more vocabulary and even intruduces grammar too. Could work better for someone who has a bit of knowledge already rather than absolute beginner. It could also use some other game styles to give you extra options.

X70%
by X####:

Does it different... Does it well. Can't wait to see more vocab and features.

X70%
by X####:

Alan, this is an amazing App, I love it. If you want assistance in generating more content I'd be happy to assist, esp given this is a free App. Thanks again.

X70%
by X####:

Very good for learning characters and useful words or phrases

X70%
by X####:

I got it as a really helpful app to learn mandarin. Thanks

X70%
by X####:

Great little app,but please add more content! I have completed what is there and am willing to pay for more!

O70%
by O####:

Need more vocabulary

X70%
by X####:

Not bad .

U70%
by U####:

I recomend

X70%
by X####:

Really nicely designed app with a developer who seems passionate about the subject matter and has a desire to improve their app with input from the community. The intention of the developer to add more and more lessons is only a good thing for this!

W70%
by W####:

With a little bit of knowledge about the language, this app can be very helpful in building vocab. There are small interface oddities, my biggest gripe is that the "next" button is on the same place in screen real estate as the answers appear... This makes it very easy to hit the wrong character. Also I wish the animations could be made to go faster, but these are interface gripes and not quality gripes of the material. This is now one of my standard study apps.

R70%
by R####:

The difficulty is average, there is a hudge list of subjects and the word association is very well represented ! I think it worth it's price and I hope the app will evolve in the futur !

A70%
by A####:

Purchased it because it seemed interesting. Only works in one orientation :( Great concept but overall needs work.

X70%
by X####:

Very intuitive and engaging.

X70%
by X####:

The developer listens to feedback and fixed several issues. Limited language and vocabulary coverage, so four stars.

S70%
by S####:

This is a great app for beginners like myself.

X70%
by X####:

Wish there more options though. Hope it keeps getting updated!


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