Choose a situation
Start with a conversation or topic that feels relevant to your day.
Your Mandarin
practice partner.
Know the words.
Find your voice.
Practise real conversations, express your ideas, and learn useful phrases. All in one Mandarin practice app.
See how it works.
Make it your practice.
Walk into the conversation
with a little practice.
Choose a scenario. Hear the other side. Take your turn in Mandarin.
An illustrative practice situation
你能用简单的话解释一下吗？
“Could you explain that in simple terms?”
Explore the appThink it. Say it.
Try it again.
Put it into words
Take your turn. Use the Mandarin you know to say what you mean.
Make it your practice
Come back to the phrases and situations you want to get comfortable with.
Understanding Mandarin is one thing.
Using it in the moment is another.
Give yourself a place to practise
before the conversation counts.
Small sessions. Real conversations.
Roleplay
Rehearse the conversation.
Before the real one.
Practise work and everyday scenarios with an AI counterpart.
Live development app
1 Min of Fame
One topic.
Your own words.
Choose a topic and take a minute to express what you think.
Live development app
Listen and Learn
Hear it.
Make it yours.
Explore a conversation and the useful phrases inside it.
Supplied listening prototype
More than knowing the answer.
Practise saying it.
Real conversation practice
Move beyond recognizing words. Practise saying them aloud in a conversation.
Situations that matter
Rehearse explaining an idea, meeting a colleague, or handling a call.
Adaptive learning
Practice that adapts to your learning needs.
Your topic, your voice
Use a suggested topic or bring something you want to talk about.
Listen for useful language
Hear how a conversation comes together and notice phrases you can reuse.
A reason to come back
Revisit a situation and practise saying what you mean another way.
For the conversations
you actually want to have.
From explaining an idea at work to sharing an opinion with a friend. Bring the moments that matter into your Mandarin practice.
Choose your practice
Start with a conversation.
Make your next real-life conversation the starting point for your practice.
- Work and everyday scenarios
- An AI conversation counterpart
- Space to speak out loud
Start with one minute.
You have ideas. Give yourself a minute to put one of them into Mandarin.
- Suggested speaking topics
- Bring a topic of your own
- Practise expressing your point of view
Got questions?
Here are the answers.
What is thinkShuō?
thinkShuō is a Mandarin speaking-practice app. It brings together AI roleplay, short speaking topics, and listening practice so you can put language into use.
What can I practise?
Explore Roleplay for work and everyday conversations, 1 Min of Fame for speaking about a topic, and Listen and Learn for useful phrases from a conversation.
Is this a mobile app?
You can open the development app in your browser on a phone or computer. The button on this page takes you to dev.thinkshuo.com.
Is Interview Mode available?
Interview Mode is coming soon. It is not presented as an available practice mode on this page.
Are these real product screens?
The Roleplay and 1 Min of Fame images are captures of the development app. Listen and Learn is shown using the supplied prototype. The app may evolve as development continues.
Make room for your voice.
Practise with thinkShuō.
- 1
Open thinkShuō
Visit the app in your browser.
- 2
Choose a mode
Find the kind of practice you need.
- 3
Pick a situation
Start with a topic that matters to you.
- 4
Take your turn
Say it aloud. Make it your own.
Opens the current development app.