Your AI Chinese tutor.
Learn Chinese by talking with Pingo.
Three minutes to your first Chinese conversation
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Talk to Pingo about your goals
Tell Pingo your level, goals, and the situations you actually care about. Pingo starts building a path around you.
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Learn through real Chinese conversations
Talk with Pingo in Chinese about everyday moments, upcoming trips, interviews, hobbies, or whatever you want to practice. Pingo teaches what you need, corrects you as you go, and helps you keep talking.
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Pick up where you left off
Pingo remembers your level, mistakes, words, and goals, so every session builds on the last.
Made for moments like these
Some prepare you for real life. Some pick up from yesterday. All help you say what you actually mean.
Day one in Chinese
- You said:
- Hi! I want to learn Chinese.
- Pingo
你好！ Let's start simple: how to say hello, who you are, and why you're learning. We'll go 慢慢来 — slowly.
Saying what you love in Chinese
- Pingo
Tell me one thing you love. Try 我喜欢…
- You said:
- 我最喜欢吃饺子。
Picking Chinese back up
- You said:
- 今天我们做什么？
- Pingo
Yesterday the 声调 got you a little. Let's pick it back up — 慢慢来.
Before Beijing in Chinese
- You said:
- I'm going to Beijing next month.
- Pingo
太好了！ Let's practice ordering 我要一碗牛肉面 and asking 故宫怎么走？
Talking about your day in Chinese
- You said:
- 我累了。
- Pingo
Good. Now let's make it sound more natural: 今天太长了，所以我很累。 What made your day long?
Chinese New Year reunion in Chinese
- You said:
- 妈妈，我回来了！
- Mom
回来啦！快进来，今晚团圆饭，你最爱的红烧肉做好了。
Join 800,000+ Chinese learners getting fluent with Pingo
A few of them, in their own words.
Frequently asked questions
Pingo helps you improve faster because you're speaking Chinese from the start. Instead of drilling tone charts or character flashcards, you have real conversations — ordering at a Beijing restaurant, navigating the Shanghai subway, meeting your partner's family at Chinese New Year — get corrected in the moment, and come back to practice what tripped you up last time. That loop builds confidence faster because it matches how Chinese actually gets used.
Yes. Tell Pingo your goals and current level, and it builds a Mandarin learning plan around you. You'll start with pinyin, the four tones, greetings, numbers, and core phrases through short, interactive conversations designed to get you speaking from day one. Pingo gives instant feedback on tone accuracy, pronunciation, and sentence structure so you build natural Chinese habits from the start.
As you progress, conversational roleplay lets you practice real back-and-forth — ordering hot pot, bargaining at a market, chatting at a family reunion dinner. Pingo adapts to your pace, so early sessions stay manageable and rewarding.
Absolutely. Advanced learners can practice fast-paced debates, business Mandarin, storytelling, and the difference between formal and casual register. Pingo gives detailed feedback on tone, idioms (成语), and natural phrasing — helping you sound fluent whether you're in a boardroom, at a family dinner, or out with friends.
Yes! The free trial lets you try Pingo's real Chinese conversations and personalized lessons so you can see how it works before subscribing.
Pingo Pro unlocks unlimited conversations, custom chats on any topic you want to practice, lessons built around your goals, and progress that carries across every session.
Pingo supports teaching in 15+ native languages. If yours isn't here yet, email support@pingo.ai to request it. We prioritize new languages based on user demand.
Ready when you are.
Three minutes to your first Chinese conversation.