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Life & fun · December 13, 2016

Ninchanese, Learn Chinese with SRS, natural learning, voice recognition

Learn how to read, write and speak Chinese online with 3500+ lessons. Ninchanese offers a personalized and engaging way to learn Chinese.

Ninchanese, Learn Chinese with SRS, natural learning, voice recognition launched on December 13, 2016 with 11 votes, #1,528 of 3,449 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 9 years on.

In plain words

Ninchanese is an online Chinese learning platform featuring over 3,500 Mandarin lessons covering reading, writing, and speaking. It uses spaced repetition, speech recognition, and writing practice to teach vocabulary and sentence construction. The platform includes gamified challenges where learners compete with others, making the learning experience interactive and social. The lessons are designed to be personalized and engaging for students of various levels.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

From the sources

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