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Description

闪卡 (Shănkă) Flashcards.

Note that by giving this offline app away free (withoutrequiring any permissions and without advertisements) we hope toestablish our name as a reliable source of Mandarin Chineselearning apps.

Though we have been learning Mandarin Chinese for 4 years, westill struggle to read the characters. To pass the HSK level 3exam, you need to be able to read about 600 different Chinesecharacters. This was never going to be easy, but we have found away to make it easier.
Chinese characters have a structure. Just as English words areconstructed from individual letters, Chinese characters areconstructed from official ‘Radicals’ and other part characters.Sometimes one part of the character will tell you what thecharacter sounds like whilst another part indicates the rootmeaning.
It is easier if you learn the characters in the 'right' order. Wethink it helps to learn all the parts of a character beforelearning the character itself (like learning the 26-letters beforelearning simple words).
When you do make a mistake and confuse two characters of similarappearance, such as 了 & 子, we think it helps to have adiagnosis. Similarly if you confuse the sound Shao with Xiao, adiagnosis helps. Lastly if you confuse words like 'autumn' for'winter', it helps to know they are both seasons.
“Shănkă” is a multiple choice Flashcard app for HSK levels 1, 2 and3. It teaches all the parts of a character before teaching thecharacter itself. Shănkă also confirms the pronunciation of theword (recorded by a native Mandarin speaker 孙 卉卉/Hui HuiSun).
In contrast to other flashcard apps that we have used, Shănkăalways offers a random set of plausible alternatives to the correctanswer with similar sounds, similar appearance, similar meaning orwith the same concept (number, season, pronoun, etc).
When you make a mistake, Shănkă explains what the difference isbetween the answer you chose and the correct answer.
When you get a Chinese word incorrect, Shănkă schedules a retestalmost immediately. When you get an answer correct, Shănkăschedules a retest for the future. The more times you get itcorrect consecutively, the further into the future the nextreminder is scheduled.
Shănkă shows the breakdown of a character so you can see thestructure of the character and spot any sound-alikes.
Shănkă never gets tired. It knows where you got to and picks upwhere you left off.
This first version is available free of charge. We intend to add avariety of other features in the future. We invite yourfeedback.
Enquiries to enquiries@Shănkă.co.uk Please report any bugs withversion and phone type to bugs@Shănkă.co.uk
Acknowledgements
This app makes use of freely available Kanxi radical charactersdefinitions and the free CE Dict Chinese-English dictionary(http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php?page=cedict ) to provideEnglish definitions.
The app uses HanaMinA font for the display of part Chinesecharacters.
Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK) is a Chinese government system ofteaching mandarin Chinese for foreigners. This app supports HSKlevel 1 (150 words), level 2 (150 words) and level 3 (300)words.

App Information 闪卡 Learn Mandarin Chinese free

  • App Name
    闪卡 Learn Mandarin Chinese free
  • Package Name
    uk.co.shanka.shanka2
  • Updated
    January 8, 2017
  • File Size
    Undefined
  • Requires Android
    Android 4.1 and up
  • Version
    2
  • Developer
    Richard & Sylvia Croxall
  • Installs
    100 - 500
  • Price
    Free
  • Category
    Education
  • Developer
    Visit website Email [email protected]
    Barn End, Stockbridge Road, Timsbury, Romsey, Hampshire, SO51 0NF, UK
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闪卡 Learn Mandarin Chinese free 2 APK
闪卡 (Shănkă) Flashcards.Note that by giving this offline app away free (withoutrequiring any permissions and without advertisements) we hope toestablish our name as a reliable source of Mandarin Chineselearning apps.Though we have been learning Mandarin Chinese for 4 years, westill struggle to read the characters. To pass the HSK level 3exam, you need to be able to read about 600 different Chinesecharacters. This was never going to be easy, but we have found away to make it easier.Chinese characters have a structure. Just as English words areconstructed from individual letters, Chinese characters areconstructed from official ‘Radicals’ and other part characters.Sometimes one part of the character will tell you what thecharacter sounds like whilst another part indicates the rootmeaning.It is easier if you learn the characters in the 'right' order. Wethink it helps to learn all the parts of a character beforelearning the character itself (like learning the 26-letters beforelearning simple words).When you do make a mistake and confuse two characters of similarappearance, such as 了 & 子, we think it helps to have adiagnosis. Similarly if you confuse the sound Shao with Xiao, adiagnosis helps. Lastly if you confuse words like 'autumn' for'winter', it helps to know they are both seasons.“Shănkă” is a multiple choice Flashcard app for HSK levels 1, 2 and3. It teaches all the parts of a character before teaching thecharacter itself. Shănkă also confirms the pronunciation of theword (recorded by a native Mandarin speaker 孙 卉卉/Hui HuiSun).In contrast to other flashcard apps that we have used, Shănkăalways offers a random set of plausible alternatives to the correctanswer with similar sounds, similar appearance, similar meaning orwith the same concept (number, season, pronoun, etc).When you make a mistake, Shănkă explains what the difference isbetween the answer you chose and the correct answer.When you get a Chinese word incorrect, Shănkă schedules a retestalmost immediately. When you get an answer correct, Shănkăschedules a retest for the future. The more times you get itcorrect consecutively, the further into the future the nextreminder is scheduled.Shănkă shows the breakdown of a character so you can see thestructure of the character and spot any sound-alikes.Shănkă never gets tired. It knows where you got to and picks upwhere you left off.This first version is available free of charge. We intend to add avariety of other features in the future. We invite yourfeedback.Enquiries to enquiries@Shănkă.co.uk Please report any bugs withversion and phone type to bugs@Shănkă.co.ukAcknowledgementsThis app makes use of freely available Kanxi radical charactersdefinitions and the free CE Dict Chinese-English dictionary(http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php?page=cedict ) to provideEnglish definitions.The app uses HanaMinA font for the display of part Chinesecharacters.Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK) is a Chinese government system ofteaching mandarin Chinese for foreigners. This app supports HSKlevel 1 (150 words), level 2 (150 words) and level 3 (300)words.