Chinese characters can look like arcane codes ... Unlike the freemium model chosen by so many apps and games, the Mandarin Madness app is not free, but costs only 99 US cents on both platforms.

Has your time on RedNote inspired you to learn Mandarin Chinese ... You can see those transcripts in Chinese or English because you can set the game language and voice language separately.

The constant exposure, along with the pressure to communicate, helps you swiftly pick up and practice new vocabulary ... role-playing games to help their students learn Chinese.

We did not know how to say words like “depression,” “anxiety” or “fat-shaming” in Mandarin. The only Chinese vocabulary we knew was from what we heard in the house and saw on TV.

Credit: Mashable Interactive conversations with the Lily voice AI helps you grasp the finer points of Mandarin Chinese vocabulary ... Besides lessons and vocabulary games for all ages, Lily ...

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The numbers of Americans learning Mandarin Chinese ... the time U.S. interest in Chinese was peaking. Beijing was hosting its first-ever Olympics - the Summer Games - to great fanfare.