Dengdeng: Read Chinese

Real Chinese stories, rewritten to your level. Tap any word for pinyin and meaning, review what you chose, then play with it in daily puzzles.

Read Chinese every day.

You have outgrown the beginner apps. You know a few hundred words. But a current Chinese story can still feel like a wall of text.

Dengdeng gives you a way in.

Every day, Dengdeng publishes a small edition of current stories adapted into three reading levels: Easy, Medium, and Hard, spanning roughly HSK 2 to HSK 6. Start where Chinese feels readable and change the level at any time. One story from every daily edition is free.

Tap any word

Tap a word without leaving the story. See its pinyin and meaning in place, then open the word for definitions, character details, example sentences, related words, and audio. When a sentence gets in the way, highlight it and ask a question in context.

Review what you chose

The words you tap are saved to your vocabulary and scheduled for review. Practice can take the form of multiple choice, sentence building, or open recall, always with the word inside a sentence. There is no deck to build and no generic list to organize.

Play with what you know

Daily Chinese Connections and mini crosswords turn familiar words into a different kind of practice. Shorter games work on pinyin, tones, meaning, and recall. Puzzles are free and stay separate from your scheduled review.

Inside Dengdeng

• A fresh edition of current stories every day
• Three reading levels spanning roughly HSK 2 to HSK 6
• Tap-to-gloss pinyin and meaning without leaving the story
• Full-story and word audio
• Multiple review modes built from the words you tapped
• Daily Connections and crosswords, plus anytime Chinese word games
• Curated collections, saved stories, reading history, vocabulary, and progress

Who it is for

Dengdeng is for adults on the intermediate plateau: past the beginner apps, not yet comfortable with native material, and tired of content written for children. If you have opened a Chinese story and quietly closed it again, this was built for you.

Dengdeng Pro

One story from each daily edition and all puzzles are free. Dengdeng Pro opens the rest of every edition, the full archive and collections, unlimited daily reviews and sentence questions, and additional reader and vocabulary tools.

Dengdeng Pro is an auto-renewable subscription. The available plan, price, and billing period are shown before purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. The subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings.

灯灯 means lantern. Reading Chinese takes time. We make sure there is something worth reading today.

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