Practice
Pick a drill mode. Your progress is tracked locally — no account required.
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Mixed Practice
Interleaved drills test discrimination across axes — stronger long-term retention than picking one mode and grinding it.
Daily mix
The recommended default — interleaved practice that varies the question type per item. Higher long-term retention than blocked drills.
Targeted: tones
Train the ear. Mandarin's tonal payload is where most drop-off happens.
Tone ID
audio → tone
Hear a syllable, identify the tone.
Tone Pair
audio → tone combination
Hear two syllables, identify the tone pair. Targets the 3-3 sandhi trap.
Minimal Pair
audio → same-syllable, different tone
Two characters, same pinyin except the tone (买 mǎi vs 卖 mài). Pick the audio match.
Listening
audio → hanzi
Hear a syllable, pick the character.
Targeted: words
Multi-character HSK vocabulary. Small seed set for now — growing over time.
Vocabulary
word → meaning
See a vocabulary word, pick its meaning.
Vocab Reading
word → pinyin
See a vocabulary word, pick its pinyin.
Vocab Listening
audio → word
Hear a word, pick the right characters.
Cloze
sentence → fill the blank
An example sentence with the target word masked. Pick the word that fits.
Dictation
audio → pick the missing word
Hear an example sentence (text hidden until you answer). Pick the word you heard.
By axis
Blocked practice on one axis at a time. Useful when you want to grind a specific weakness; otherwise prefer Mixed Practice.
Recognition
hanzi → meaning
See a character, pick its English meaning.
Reading
hanzi → pinyin
See a character, pick the correct pinyin. Tests tonal discrimination.
Recall
meaning → hanzi
See a meaning, pick the right character.
Stroke Quiz
trace with outline
Draw each stroke in order with the outline visible as a guide. Errors feed the SRS schedule like any other drill.
Stroke Recall
draw from memory
Same drill as Stroke Quiz, but with the outline hidden and stroke hints disabled. Forces production from memory — closer to writing on paper.
Stroke Watch
animated reference
Watch the stroke-order animation. No quiz — useful for picking up unfamiliar characters.