Free teaching tool
Build a sentence
Scrambled words, and slots to put them back in order.
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I am Chinese.
Using it
Type a sentence, separate the words with spaces, and it comes back scrambled with a slot for each word. Tap to place, tap again to take back. Word order is most of Chinese grammar, and it is the thing a translation exercise lets a learner skip.
- The word bank
- The sentence, scrambled. Tap a word to drop it into the next empty slot.
- A filled slot
- Tap it to take the word back — nothing is committed and there is no penalty.
- Sentence
- Type your own, with a space between each word. That spacing is what decides the pieces.
Other tools
- Stroke orderWatch any character being written, one stroke at a time.
- Tone cardsThe four tones of one syllable, side by side, each with a word you can hear.
- Write itA 田字格 grid to write a character in, with the model behind it.
- Say itRecord a phrase and see the shape of your pitch against the model.
- MatchPair characters with their pinyin. Type your own list.
- Pinyin tableEvery syllable Mandarin uses, one initial at a time, each one audible.