HanziTales: Chinese Stories

HanziTales writes books in Chinese for one reader: you. Every chapter uses the words you know and the ones you're learning, plus as many new words as you choose, so you can read it without a dictionary. FIND YOUR LEVEL IN A MINUTE Say roughly how many Chinese words you know, check ten words, then read a short sample and tap the words you don't know. That's the whole test. READ BOOKS MADE FOR YOU • Each chapter is written from your own word list, which grows as you read. • Tap any word for its pinyin and its meaning in your language. • Show pinyin over new words, over every word, or not at all. • Every sentence has a translation you can show, and chapters can be read aloud. • Simplified characters in three styles: handwritten, printed and plain. • A shared library of books for every level. STARTING FROM ZERO? A short beginner course takes you from your first words to your first real story, with the sound of every word and a little story in each lesson. WORDS COME BACK UNTIL THEY STICK The words you tap return in quick quizzes for four skills: reading, listening, pinyin and writing. Spaced repetition schedules each review just before you would forget the word. WHY IT WORKS Research finds a text reads comfortably when you know about 98% of its words. A graded reader is written for a level, so it still has words you don't know. HanziTales writes from your words, so every chapter stays close to that. IN YOUR LANGUAGE The app is in English, Vietnamese, Spanish, French, Indonesian, Malay, Thai, Japanese and Korean. FREE TO START Start reading as a guest, no card needed, and create a free account whenever you like to keep your progress. Your words and books are the same in the app and on hanzitales.com. Writing chapters uses credits that every plan earns each day; reading your books, the quizzes and the shared library never cost credits. Reader and Writer plans give more credits, longer chapters and more books at once. No ads. We don't sell your personal information. Stories are written by AI language models from your vocabulary. Like any AI writing, a chapter can contain mistakes; you can report a problem from the reader. Questions: support@hanzitales.com