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Make Chinese flashcards from your own notes and slides

Upload a PDF, slide deck, Word file, plain notes or a photo of a textbook page and get flashcards with spaced repetition for characters, pinyin and meanings.

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Why generated cards beat copying vocabulary lists by hand

Good Chinese cards pair the character, its pinyin and one clear meaning, and that is hard to keep consistent when you type hundreds of entries by hand. The best way to make Chinese flashcards starts with the words your own class or textbook uses, so you study what you will be tested on.

  • Pair each character with its pinyin and one short English meaning.
  • Add reverse cards so you can recall the character from the English meaning.
  • Keep new batches to about 10 to 20 characters a day.
  • Group radicals and measure words on their own cards to spot patterns.
Example Chinese vocabulary flashcards
谢谢 (xièxie): what does it mean?Thank you (xièxie).
Character 水: meaning and pinyin?Water, shuǐ.
Character 人: meaning and pinyin?Person, rén.
Which characters use the water radical 氵?Examples include 河 (hé, river) and 海 (hǎi, sea).
What is the measure word for books in 一___书?本 (běn), so 一本书 (yì běn shū) means one book.
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Built from your material

Upload PDFs, DOCX, PPTX, plain notes or photos of pages and get cards from the vocabulary your course actually uses.

Spaced repetition

Cards you miss come back sooner and familiar ones spread out, so characters move into long-term memory.

Quizzes and mind maps too

Check recall with multiple choice, true/false and short answer questions that include explanations.

How it works

Upload your notes

Add a PDF, slide deck, Word file or a photo of a page with characters on it.

Review the generated cards

Check each character, pinyin and meaning, and edit or delete anything that looks off.

Study on a schedule

Review in the browser each day and let spaced repetition decide when each card returns.

Generating cards from your material also keeps them in context. A card made from a lesson on ordering food reflects the sentence you saw in class, not a generic list, which makes recall easier when you read or hear the word later.

Review still matters more than creation. Spend a few minutes each day on the cards due, and add new characters in small batches so the schedule stays manageable.

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Frequently asked questions

How many new characters should I add per study session?

Most learners do better with 10 to 20 new characters a day than with one long session. Spaced repetition brings older cards back on schedule, so increase the batch only once earlier cards are easy to recall.

Should Chinese flashcards show characters, pinyin or both?

Start with the character on the front and pinyin with meaning on the back. Add reverse cards later so you can write the character from its meaning, since recognition and recall are separate skills.

Can I export my Chinese flashcards to Anki?

Yes, the Plus plan includes PDF, DOCX, Anki and CSV export, while the free plan lets you study in the browser without exports.

Is the free plan enough to try it?

The free plan includes 3 generations per month and browser study, and you do not need a credit card to start. Students get 40% off Plus with a school email.

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