Survival Chinese
For anyone eating, paying, or finding the metro in China. Hear the line. Say it. Seven days do not charge PayPal.
A paid year is $79, charged today on PayPal. The trial does not turn into a plan by itself.
Then keep going
Say 我要这个 at the counter. Listen first. The English stays hidden until you hear it.
Free100,000 names. The picture is matched when you save the card. Culture pages stay open to read.
The plan
No card. It does not become a paid plan by itself.
Charged today on PayPal. First paid charge can be refunded within 7 days.
A separate session. Not a booked person, and not included in the plan.
How it works
Vs the usual stack
Benchmarked against the 2026 starter stack — a tap-tile app, a 1-hour tutor marketplace, and this site. No fake rankings.
Great for a daily habit. Weak when the cashier asks a second question. You already finished that loop.
Best live correction. You pick a teacher and pay per lesson. Use that for a full hour. Short live practice lives in Pricing.
Listen here. Say 我要这个 on Today. Then 7 days, no card. Paid plans live in Pricing. Optional live practice is a separate session.
Tonight’s ticket
Line 1 is free to hear. The replies that get you out the door live in the house.
Chinese name
Type your name. Three choices appear. Tap one, then save the card.
Street 0 · night run
One short level: hear the line, tap the meaning, tap the tone, then build the characters. Share it when you clear. Only the lit stall is live. The next one opens at 22:00 Beijing.
The three units sit under the run. Every opener stays visible.
Your path
One cashier line out loud. Then create an account for 7 days with no card. When you are ready to subscribe, open Pricing.
Pricing
Start a 7-day trial and PayPal is not charged. The trial does not become a paid plan by itself. If you choose the year or the month, PayPal charges $79.00 or $9.90 today. That first paid charge can be refunded within 7 days. The $1 button is a separate AI practice session. zhongweiping057@gmail.com.
PayPal charges $79.00 now. We verify payment before activating. No “I’ve paid” shortcut.
PayPal charges $9.90 now. Same verify-before-activate flow.
Opens the teacher checkout. PayPal $1.00 — a separate session, not gated on $9.90/mo.
🅿️ PayPal · $9.90 or $79.00 due today · $1 practice
AI practice
The full directory is on this page. Search by name, city, or specialty, then pick a teacher.
Must-say: 我要这个 · 多少钱？
Must-say: 请问，…在哪儿？ · 怎么走？
Must-say: 我叫… · 我是美国人
Want a teacher after the line? $1 live practice — no star wall.
Shanghai · daily conversation · ordering food
Hangzhou · tones & pronunciation
Kunming · travel & the restaurant line
Daily Phrase
Say your answer out loud. No paywall. Intelligible is enough.
Live Practice
Inspired by italki's marketplace model — pay just $1 per session to practice live with any of our teachers. Choose your topic, pick your teacher, start talking.
A separate $1 AI practice session. It is not a booked person, and it does not score pronunciation.
Culture library (Shan Hai Jing) — optional after you start speaking. New learners: begin with Today / ordering food.
Classic Literature
Optional culture deep-dive into Chinese mythology (山海经). New learners: finish today’s order-food line before this library.
Optional culture reading — start with today’s order-food line.
Chinese culture — characters, food, kung fu, hanfu, festivals, tea, wellness, buildings, music.
Contemporary China
Optional modern-China notes — after you can say today’s cashier line.
Vocabulary Library
Phrase-first vocabulary — after you can say today’s line out loud.
Features
Specialist instructors across HSK prep, business Chinese, conversation, and more — optional after you can say today’s line.
Street 0 is seven nights in three units — order, pay, leave. At 22:00 Beijing time the opener changes. The other six stay on the map.
Hear the line in your browser. That voice is speech synthesis, not a studio recording of a native speaker.
Track your daily streak, review past phrases, and watch your vocabulary grow week by week.
The course is the stall map: point, pay, leave. Tonight’s line is the one you speak. It is not an HSK exam and it does not invent a quiz.
Works seamlessly on phone, tablet, and desktop. Your progress syncs automatically across all devices.
Stay after you speak
Paid plans live in Pricing — due today, never $0.
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