Learn Chinese
from your
TikTok feed.

Share a Douyin clip, a song or a street sign. Kaigua pulls out the words, turns them into flashcards, teaches you to write every character stroke by stroke and gets you talking with AI characters until it sticks.

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iPhone first · Free during early access

Real Chinese, straight from where you found it

Textbooks teach you to ask for the library. Your feed teaches you how people actually talk. Every word keeps a link back to the post it came from.

Share it. Learn it. Use it.

▶这家奶茶绝绝子！
✓ Saved to Kaigua
1
Share it
One tap in the share sheet from TikTok, Instagram, Xiaohongshu, YouTube, Safari or Spotify. You never leave the app you're in.
绝绝子juéjuézi✓
奶茶nǎichá✓
的de✕
2
Review it
AI pulls out the words worth learning, explains the slang and the tone, and drops them in your inbox. Keep, edit or skip.
机
jī · machine
3
Drill it
Spaced-repetition cards for reading, meaning, writing and speaking, scheduled so you review right before you'd forget.
美你想喝点什么？
珍珠奶茶，少糖！
✓ Target phrase used · 少糖
4
Use it
Chat with 小美 the Shanghai barista, rehearse ordering bubble tea, then do it for real. The words you used count as reviews.

Every stroke, in the right order

Write with your finger. Kaigua checks each stroke as you draw it, tells you whether you wrote a 横 or a 提, and snaps it into shape. Missed one? Try again: hints after two misses, the outline after three.

Everything you need for cheat mode

聊

Talk to real-feeling people

Voice conversations with AI characters who use the words you're learning, at your level, plus a debrief afterwards.

看

Point your camera at anything

Menus, signs, packaging. Tap a word for pinyin and meaning and save it in one tap. Works offline.

字

HSK 1–9, in a smart order

Every new character comes with phrases you can already read. 机 arrives with 手机, 飞机 and 机场, so you learn words, not just characters.

说

Sounds right, not just looks right

Speak your cards. Kaigua scores every syllable and tone and tells you exactly where your third tone went wrong.

繁

Simplified, traditional, Cantonese

Putonghua with simplified characters by default. Switch to traditional, or learn Cantonese with Jyutping.

译

Explained in English or German

Meanings, grammar notes and AI feedback in the language you think in.

Sing it once you know it

Kaigua checks the lyrics of Mandopop and Cantopop songs against what you know. Once you know 90 % of a song, it tells you, along with the few words you're missing.

Song unlocked

92 % of the words known

4 words to go

勇气yǒngqì
坚持jiānchí
星空xīngkōng
梦想mèngxiǎng

For learners who'd rather scroll than study

Heritage learners, C-drama bingers, Mandopop fans, people moving to Shanghai or Taipei, and anyone tired of textbook dialogues about the library.

FAQ

When can I use it?+

Kaigua is in development. Early access starts on iPhone via TestFlight, with Android after that.

Do I need to know any Chinese?+

No. Start from zero with HSK 1, or take a placement test and skip what you already know.

Is it free?+

Free during early access. Pricing comes later, and early users will be looked after.

What does 开挂 mean?+

Kāiguà means "switching on the cheat" (外挂, a game hack). Chinese gamers say it when someone plays so well it looks hacked, and everyone says it when someone suddenly gets really good at something. That's the plan for you, minus the actual cheating.

Switch on cheat mode.

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