Handarin: Chinese Phrases

Speak Mandarin with confidence on your trip to China. 149 real travel phrases with native audio, pinyin, a currency converter, and HSK characters. Fully offline.

Traveling to China? Handarin is your pocket Mandarin phrasebook — real travel phrases with native audio, pinyin, and Simplified & Traditional characters, so you can be understood from the moment you land.

WHAT'S INSIDE

149 real travel phrases for the situations you'll actually face:

• Greetings and etiquette
• Restaurants, ordering and tea houses
• Transport: taxi, metro, high-speed train
• Hotels and check-in
• Shopping and bargaining
• Directions and getting around
• Emergencies and health
• Numbers, prices and money
• Useful everyday words

NATIVE AUDIO Hear every phrase spoken by native Mandarin speakers, with male and female voices, so you learn the tones the right way.

READ AND WRITE CHINESE

• Simplified and Traditional characters plus pinyin for every phrase
• HSK hanzi with meanings and animated stroke order to start reading and writing

34 TRAVEL TIPS Practical, China-specific advice: WeChat Pay and Alipay, VPNs, DiDi, high-speed trains, tea-house scams, tipping, chopstick etiquette and more — in your language.

BUILT-IN CURRENCY CONVERTER Convert Chinese yuan (CNY) to your currency in real time, with an offline fallback. One less app to install.

MADE FOR TRAVELERS

• Works fully offline (only live exchange rates need internet)
• 14 interface languages
• Light and dark mode
• Favorites and instant search
• No ads, no account, no tracking — your privacy comes first

FREE & PRO Handarin is free to use, with a core set of phrases, tips and HSK 1 characters. Unlock everything with a single one-time Handarin Pro purchase — no subscriptions:

• All premium travel tips (culture, connectivity, health)
• HSK 2+ characters
• Lifetime access, buy once

Download Handarin and speak Mandarin with confidence. 一路平安 — have a safe trip!

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