Mandarin games

Challenge a friend to learn 10 new Mandarin words faster than you - they don't even need an account. Accuracy first, speed second, and the winner takes a tooth.

Captain a ship around the Mandarin-speaking world. Buy goods cheap in one port, sell them dear in another, upgrade your ship, and build the biggest fortune you can in 360 days.

A bubble shooter where knowing the word is half the shot: fire each Mandarin word at its English meaning to pop the cluster. Miss, and it turns to stone.

Every colour is a tone. Work out each word's tone from its bare pinyin - or its audio - and shoot it into the right cluster.

A fresh vocabulary crossword every time, clued in English. Answers go in as toneless pinyin - no special keyboard needed.

Hidden words in a grid of pinyin or characters, clued in English. Early chapters start in pinyin; nothing to type, and every find shows its pinyin, characters and meaning.

No clock and no score to chase: flip through a Mandarin word list at your own pace. The ones you forget come back a few cards later, and onto your mistakes list.