Macalaoshi: Learn Chinese

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About this app

Learn Mandarin Chinese by playing. In Macalaoshi you collect Chinese characters, level them up in challenges and beat bosses to help Lili save the world from the Empress.

Macalaoshi is a family project: Maca Laoshi, a Chinese teacher, and her son Manu, a content creator, built the app they wished they had to learn Chinese every day and actually enjoy it.

ā–¶ LEARN CHINESE STEP BY STEP
• Flashcards with pinyin, meaning and audio, made for learning Chinese from scratch.
• 2,000+ Chinese characters from HSK 1 to HSK 4 to collect.
• Every character levels up when you get it right, so you know what you've mastered and what to review.
• Writing mode: learn to write Chinese characters stroke by stroke, in the correct stroke order.
• Create your own units: build notebooks with words from your textbook, your teacher or a song, and share them.

ā–¶ A REAL GAME
• Timed challenges with lives and rewards.
• Bosses you can only beat with your vocabulary: cross the Forest, the Sea and the Mountain until you face the Empress.
• Story mode with Lili: new chapters unlock as your Mandarin improves.
• Lili's shop with upgrades and skins.

ā–¶ A HABIT THAT STICKS
• A short plan for every day: learn, review and complete challenges.
• Daily streak, study calendar and achievements.
• Leaderboard to compete with other Chinese learners.
• Study offline: your progress syncs when you're back online.

ā–¶ WHO IT'S FOR
• Beginners who want to learn Mandarin Chinese from scratch.
• Students preparing for HSK 1, HSK 2, HSK 3 or HSK 4.
• Anyone already studying Chinese who wants to review vocabulary with fun flashcards.

Available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Korean.

Download Macalaoshi and start learning Chinese today. It's free to start, with optional premium content.
Learn Mandarin Chinese by playing: flashcards, characters, writing and HSK
Updated on
Oct 19, 2026

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
  • This app may share these data types with third parties
    Financial info, App activity, and Device or other IDs
  • This app may collect these data types
    Location, Personal info and 3 others
  • Data is encrypted in transit
  • You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

415 reviews
Lizi Campbell-Schrody
October 27, 2026
bug upon logging in. The languag selected English but in the country menu 'United States' was in Spanish, then when my 'username already existed' it gave the warning in Spanish. The ad that made me download it made me think we would be going over the radicals in each new word. Sadly wasn't the case. The games are fun, I will be showing my class of Chinese learning students.
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Danielle Kemper
October 27, 2026
I have made more progress on this game app with memorizing and learning to write chinese characters then I have in the last 4 months, and between 12 different apps and books. I have only used the game app for a day so far but it really has the best layout so far I have come across, at least for me. I am really looking forward to learning more and supporting this project in every way I can. Thank you for making this game.
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Liam Collins
October 7, 2026
I love the idea and it feels like a lot of love and passion has been put into this, but I feel like I can't use it as a beginner to learning Chinese writing. My biggest challenge is that the order that you learn words feels like a sensible order for learning speaking but not writing. There are too many complex characters too early. The story seems well fleshed out, the UI is a little busy and overwhelming but I can look past that.
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