Thank gosh, Vietnamese has six tones so 4 tones of Chinese not a big problem to me and after a half year using SuperChinese, my pronunciation score stays 86~97. Guys, it is totally helpful and worth your time!!! I reach HSK4 level thanks to it. Just study hard. Dont need to be perfect, be better time by time!!!!
I'm relieved to know that I'm not the only one frustrated by the speech recognition in Super Chinese. It's quite strict. It actually polices tones. Compare that to the speech recognition in Duolingo which definitely isn't policing tones. This is my #1 app for PRACTICING SPEAKING because I know it won't take no BS from me.
Thanks for the review of Super Chinese. I've been studying with it for more than a year, but overall I've been studying Chinese for two now. As an English teacher, I realized early on that we need to focus on oral skills (learning to recognize and understand what we hear and learn how to speak). My tip for those using this app would be to focus on pinyin and make use of the sentence translation. Then, from level 2 on turn off sentence translation and read the sentences and try to understand it. In the early lessons, you can in the vocabulary section turn translation so you know the meaning straight away. However, in the grammar and text sections, turn them off. You can always click on the word you don't know to review the meaning. Super Chinese present new language through meaning-based stories. Once I have done the full level focusing on oral skills, I redo the level again without pinyin and translation and focusing on connecting speech to characters. I rarely use their writing function to practice. But that is mainly because I haven't made an effort to learn how to handwrite them. In fact, when interacting through technology, we need to be able to recognize the correct character in order to select it correctly。 As for grammar, I agree with the reviewer. I still have trouble trying to create sentences on my own. For example, I would like to say: I hope my comment helps. I wonder if I simply can say: 我希望我的回答帮助你。
One of my favorite parts about the speech recognition feature is that it's super strict. It makes you speak clearly, at a steady pace, and loudly. It's more suitable for learners than native speakers. I experimented with it a lot and found that if you speak closer to the mic, you'll get a higher score. It will catch some background noise, but it will still more easily isolate your voice if you are closer to the mic and don't take long pauses.
Yeah at max I've got a 99, it never gives you a 100% score for speaking. I've suggested them to change it from scores to just words like pass, good, great, excellent. (just like at the end of the lesson)
I liked Hello Chinese very much and finished it 100% but I like Super Chinese even more. The biggest advantage is that it has much more lessons and much more vocabulary that is 2400 vs. 1200. It can take you definitely to much more advanced level in Chinese
I been using this app for a year now. Although I can't read and write much I got to level 5. after completing level 1 and 2 I went to the hsk page to take some mock tests and I passed HSK 1 and 2, so to me this app is great!
ps, speach recognition always gives me 60-80 points, so if you got 90 it means you're way better, but nobody gets 100 even if you are native, haha so I do not worry about that much, as long as it says i got it right,
Thanks for your review! I was one of those asking for it. After using it for 8 months, I want to share what I find it useful and what I think you hit right on the head as my subsequent weakness. Grammar! It's great for learning new words in context, like you said. As far as speech recognition, I discovered if you wait a few seconds before you start recording, it picks up your speech better. I was constantly missing 我。Then I realised it was nearly every first word of a sentence. The pause corrected that. I think it's my phone. And I'm happy to know that I don't suck as bad as I thought if it scored you like that! Wow. You should get 100. I consistently get 95 at the highest on my pronunciation, but I know I'm probably speaking Mandarin with a Texas accent. The sections in the "textbook" sections in the knowledge bank on PINYIN are excellent, and that's where the AI kinda shows better. It the study section, or main lesson part, it will also fling you back randomly now for a suggested review of previous lessons. That was a slap in the face! To find out how much I forgot from a month ago made me almost quit! And it will keep drilling you on what you miss in these reviews. The app should hire you! You have to pretty much figure out what's in there on your own. Overall, though, learning the words in context has helped me. My weakest point after this many months is grammar! Any suggestions on a method I could use since I'm self taught? I've been writing sentences out and comparing literal word order in English to Chinese. I know of the Grammar Wiki, which I consult. But I'm kinda making up my study course on my own. I know lessons where I'm actually speaking to someone and coming up with my own sentences would help the most. IF you read this, thank you for your time!
Wow thanks for this really in depth review! I absolutely love SuperChinese, been using it for over a year now :) I definitely agree with you that it is more of an app-based textbook / story based app rather than AI based, although I guess the AI is referring to the speech recognition and personalised review features. More of a marketing thing tbh, I guess "AI powered learning" and "gamification" are big keywords... Note on the speech recognition/ rating - it's a bit unreliable, you kinda have to separately enunciate every character (including separately reading out every 儿 which obviously then sounds very unnatural), and it struggles if you speak too fast or too soft. I kinda don't bother too much with it, just use it as a way of encouraging me to read out loud more and ignore the rating. Also on the grammar points, this is probably one thing I disagree with you on haha - I like the super short and simple explanations, and the app focuses more on giving you real examples of how the grammar is used, which I feel is easier to understand and remember than reading a long convuluted explanation (although tbh I'm using SuperChinese more as review rather than learning from scratch). My main "complaint" with the app is simply that they are kinda slow at releasing more lessons, and currently are just moving into HSK5 level content - I already passed HSK5 half a year ago, and it's a shame that the app will probably only ever be useful as review/ generally keeping up my Chinese.
@@missc6826 I had already spent a year studying in China before I started using SuperChinese, so for me it has just been for review and consolidation. I've found it very useful for practicing grammar and reading out loud, obviously for more general conversation practice you're going to need to practice with real people. Ultimately, I'd emphasise that it's impossible to master a language just from one app or learning method. I use about five apps daily just for general review/ practice (each focuses on different skills, has a different style or puts grammar/vocab into a different context), plus I used to take live classes (a year of full time university classes, and even once I stopped intensive studies I still had some sessions with an italki tutor and some online language schools every week), and I also practice often by messaging and calling my Chinese friends.
Please review Chinese skills. It changed a lot throughout the years, mainly they had an old version and have the current one. But I found it fairly good.
I speak very little Chinese but I have gotten over 90% on pronunciation quite a few times and 57% was my lowest one time. Thanks for this review, I don't feel so bad that I'm not getting it perfect! I'll stick with it, I like that it is picky about pronunciation and tones.
i do use super chinese and i actually like it, but as you said the grammar is basic, i also find it a little confusing when i knew some phrase composition is correct but the app says nop it's not you lost points, and then i need to redo the whole lesson again which i know i didn't need to. i agree that is a great app, the given vocabulary being shown in context and conversations is a great resource and i think more appa should use it, but for grammar... i recommend studying outside the app
🤣🤣🤣 that's was the quickest job someone has ever had the I know of. I have watch a show call Dirty Jobs some of the things he had to do 😂🤣 I feel sorry for him.
I find that alot of voice recording functions on apps are very inaccurate in alot of languages. I remember fooling around with german speaking apps and it would say i said things wrong (im at a native level of fluency)
Moi non plus je ne comprends pas pourquoi les app ou les traducteurs ont de la diificulter à capter se qu'on dit. Pourtant je dis le bon mot et il me sort n'importe quoi. En tout cas continu parce-que je trouve ça amusant et merci.
As a japanese learner, i can slightly understand a text cuz kanji(hanzi) stay the same. And also some words have similar pronunciation. For example: japanese 年(nen) and chinese 年(nian)
@@expat8460 ive seen a lot of people loving hellochinese + its quite reputable, while super chinese is less known but definitely offers more. ive tried super chinese and fell in love immediately, especially for improving speaking skills!
Hey! This app just launched new AI function which we can have a conversation with it. Could you help try try? I want to know is it good enough to correct my grammar haha.
I just tried their AI function and it’s really promising! I didn’t do a deep dive but it was able to understand me similar to a human level and correct mistakes quite accurately. The AI coach function is also pretty cool! It lets you practice speaking in different scenarios and now with the AI functionality, the response is tailored to what you say instead of being a script like in the past.
gotta love a app telling you you can't speak your native language right😂
Thank gosh, Vietnamese has six tones so 4 tones of Chinese not a big problem to me and after a half year using SuperChinese, my pronunciation score stays 86~97. Guys, it is totally helpful and worth your time!!! I reach HSK4 level thanks to it. Just study hard. Dont need to be perfect, be better time by time!!!!
I'm relieved to know that I'm not the only one frustrated by the speech recognition in Super Chinese. It's quite strict. It actually polices tones. Compare that to the speech recognition in Duolingo which definitely isn't policing tones. This is my #1 app for PRACTICING SPEAKING because I know it won't take no BS from me.
Thanks for the review of Super Chinese. I've been studying with it for more than a year, but overall I've been studying Chinese for two now. As an English teacher, I realized early on that we need to focus on oral skills (learning to recognize and understand what we hear and learn how to speak). My tip for those using this app would be to focus on pinyin and make use of the sentence translation. Then, from level 2 on turn off sentence translation and read the sentences and try to understand it. In the early lessons, you can in the vocabulary section turn translation so you know the meaning straight away. However, in the grammar and text sections, turn them off. You can always click on the word you don't know to review the meaning. Super Chinese present new language through meaning-based stories. Once I have done the full level focusing on oral skills, I redo the level again without pinyin and translation and focusing on connecting speech to characters. I rarely use their writing function to practice. But that is mainly because I haven't made an effort to learn how to handwrite them. In fact, when interacting through technology, we need to be able to recognize the correct character in order to select it correctly。 As for grammar, I agree with the reviewer. I still have trouble trying to create sentences on my own. For example, I would like to say: I hope my comment helps. I wonder if I simply can say: 我希望我的回答帮助你。
“希望我的评论有帮助” 😉
@@ABChinese 谢谢老师。😁
Also lingq is great
One of my favorite parts about the speech recognition feature is that it's super strict. It makes you speak clearly, at a steady pace, and loudly. It's more suitable for learners than native speakers. I experimented with it a lot and found that if you speak closer to the mic, you'll get a higher score. It will catch some background noise, but it will still more easily isolate your voice if you are closer to the mic and don't take long pauses.
Speech recognition always try to fail you 😓
I know right? this time for real🤣
Yeah at max I've got a 99, it never gives you a 100% score for speaking. I've suggested them to change it from scores to just words like pass, good, great, excellent. (just like at the end of the lesson)
I liked Hello Chinese very much and finished it 100% but I like Super Chinese even more. The biggest advantage is that it has much more lessons and much more vocabulary that is 2400 vs. 1200. It can take you definitely to much more advanced level in Chinese
Hello! I am doing hellochinese and I love it, but I do want to try superchinese as well!
Do you recommend finishing hello Chinese first then improving our Chinese by super Chinese???
I been using this app for a year now. Although I can't read and write much I got to level 5. after completing level 1 and 2 I went to the hsk page to take some mock tests and I passed HSK 1 and 2, so to me this app is great!
ps, speach recognition always gives me 60-80 points, so if you got 90 it means you're way better, but nobody gets 100 even if you are native, haha so I do not worry about that much, as long as it says i got it right,
Thanks for your review! I was one of those asking for it. After using it for 8 months, I want to share what I find it useful and what I think you hit right on the head as my subsequent weakness. Grammar! It's great for learning new words in context, like you said. As far as speech recognition, I discovered if you wait a few seconds before you start recording, it picks up your speech better. I was constantly missing 我。Then I realised it was nearly every first word of a sentence. The pause corrected that. I think it's my phone. And I'm happy to know that I don't suck as bad as I thought if it scored you like that! Wow. You should get 100. I consistently get 95 at the highest on my pronunciation, but I know I'm probably speaking Mandarin with a Texas accent. The sections in the "textbook" sections in the knowledge bank on PINYIN are excellent, and that's where the AI kinda shows better. It the study section, or main lesson part, it will also fling you back randomly now for a suggested review of previous lessons. That was a slap in the face! To find out how much I forgot from a month ago made me almost quit! And it will keep drilling you on what you miss in these reviews. The app should hire you! You have to pretty much figure out what's in there on your own. Overall, though, learning the words in context has helped me. My weakest point after this many months is grammar! Any suggestions on a method I could use since I'm self taught? I've been writing sentences out and comparing literal word order in English to Chinese. I know of the Grammar Wiki, which I consult. But I'm kinda making up my study course on my own. I know lessons where I'm actually speaking to someone and coming up with my own sentences would help the most. IF you read this, thank you for your time!
Wow thanks for this really in depth review! I absolutely love SuperChinese, been using it for over a year now :) I definitely agree with you that it is more of an app-based textbook / story based app rather than AI based, although I guess the AI is referring to the speech recognition and personalised review features. More of a marketing thing tbh, I guess "AI powered learning" and "gamification" are big keywords...
Note on the speech recognition/ rating - it's a bit unreliable, you kinda have to separately enunciate every character (including separately reading out every 儿 which obviously then sounds very unnatural), and it struggles if you speak too fast or too soft. I kinda don't bother too much with it, just use it as a way of encouraging me to read out loud more and ignore the rating.
Also on the grammar points, this is probably one thing I disagree with you on haha - I like the super short and simple explanations, and the app focuses more on giving you real examples of how the grammar is used, which I feel is easier to understand and remember than reading a long convuluted explanation (although tbh I'm using SuperChinese more as review rather than learning from scratch).
My main "complaint" with the app is simply that they are kinda slow at releasing more lessons, and currently are just moving into HSK5 level content - I already passed HSK5 half a year ago, and it's a shame that the app will probably only ever be useful as review/ generally keeping up my Chinese.
Did you learn to speak decent Mandarin with Super Chinese? Able to carry basic conversations?
@@missc6826 I had already spent a year studying in China before I started using SuperChinese, so for me it has just been for review and consolidation. I've found it very useful for practicing grammar and reading out loud, obviously for more general conversation practice you're going to need to practice with real people.
Ultimately, I'd emphasise that it's impossible to master a language just from one app or learning method. I use about five apps daily just for general review/ practice (each focuses on different skills, has a different style or puts grammar/vocab into a different context), plus I used to take live classes (a year of full time university classes, and even once I stopped intensive studies I still had some sessions with an italki tutor and some online language schools every week), and I also practice often by messaging and calling my Chinese friends.
Please review Chinese skills. It changed a lot throughout the years, mainly they had an old version and have the current one. But I found it fairly good.
I speak very little Chinese but I have gotten over 90% on pronunciation quite a few times and 57% was my lowest one time. Thanks for this review, I don't feel so bad that I'm not getting it perfect! I'll stick with it, I like that it is picky about pronunciation and tones.
i do use super chinese and i actually like it, but as you said the grammar is basic, i also find it a little confusing when i knew some phrase composition is correct but the app says nop it's not you lost points, and then i need to redo the whole lesson again which i know i didn't need to. i agree that is a great app, the given vocabulary being shown in context and conversations is a great resource and i think more appa should use it, but for grammar... i recommend studying outside the app
these videos are so helpful
Yay for c-dramas! :-D
Great video!
I am non native and my speaking score ranges from 60 to 75. Given your score is 83, I guess mine is not so bad.
As someone whos using superchinese for learning chinese atm , its super re-assuring to see a chinese person fail at the speaking exercises lol
@abchinese Which app did you think was better Super Chinese to Hello Chinese?
Super good video.
i think sometimes phone microphones can't actually pick it up that well, so it doesn't recognize regular speech like a real person can.
Based on your opinion, which one is better? Super Chinese or Hello Chinese?
🤣🤣🤣 that's was the quickest job someone has ever had the I know of. I have watch a show call Dirty Jobs some of the things he had to do 😂🤣 I feel sorry for him.
That better be an orange polo next time
This is hilarious. I LOVE THIS APP.
That's fun 😂
So should I buy the lifetime or year membership, how long will it take to get through all the lessons if I start at zero ?
Wonder why it sounds like gan for the pinyin and not GE for the pinyin
I find that alot of voice recording functions on apps are very inaccurate in alot of languages. I remember fooling around with german speaking apps and it would say i said things wrong (im at a native level of fluency)
English is my native language and they fail me every time unless I speak with a American (or London, sometimes) accent !
Hi my friend, do you think it is worth to pay to get VIP in superchinese in order to have a tremendous advance?
嗨，，，，
我有个请求🤭
Can you do “Du Chinese” app review/try Please? And If it’s good to use or not ?🥺
谢谢哥哥！
Moi non plus je ne comprends pas pourquoi les app ou les traducteurs ont de la diificulter à capter se qu'on dit. Pourtant je dis le bon mot et il me sort n'importe quoi. En tout cas continu parce-que je trouve ça amusant et merci.
As a japanese learner, i can slightly understand a text cuz kanji(hanzi) stay the same. And also some words have similar pronunciation. For example: japanese 年(nen) and chinese 年(nian)
Ýou didn't use half of options.((( Did not talk to AI. And it is a really great option. Makes you feel that a real conversations is.
您好朋友。。我来自印度。。我住在印度。。我要用bilibili.. 我要用bilibili做印度的录像。。我不知道怎么用这个
你好，you have to upload a draft and it has to get approved... I don't know how to explain it here
@@ABChinese 谢谢你
Hey, can we unlock Directly the levels 6 without completing 1,2,3,4,5 levels?
you should pass the early assignments test first with the result chinese level 6
Me.
Can you try Chinese skill? That's what I'm using and I wana know what you think of it.
As your code is now expired, do you know if there will be any new promo codes that'll work for SuperChinese? :(
I asked them about it… let me see if I can work something out;)
@@ABChinese Any luck on this front? :)
@@emptor5098 not yet:( Still trying to set it up...
🤣🤣🤣😂😂
have you tried ninchanese already? its a website to learn chinese...and I would like to know if it's good or not...
I have not, but I will try to fit it in before the end of the year!
@@ABChinese Thank you^^
This video aged poorly. The AI integration is now incredible.
Yeah I just wanted to know how is the app now. How do you compare this vs Hello Chinese? Thanks.
I haven't used hello Chinese in years, but from memory, this APP is much better IMO@@expat8460
@@expat8460 ive seen a lot of people loving hellochinese + its quite reputable, while super chinese is less known but definitely offers more. ive tried super chinese and fell in love immediately, especially for improving speaking skills!
Hey! This app just launched new AI function which we can have a conversation with it. Could you help try try? I want to know is it good enough to correct my grammar haha.
I just tried their AI function and it’s really promising! I didn’t do a deep dive but it was able to understand me similar to a human level and correct mistakes quite accurately. The AI coach function is also pretty cool! It lets you practice speaking in different scenarios and now with the AI functionality, the response is tailored to what you say instead of being a script like in the past.
このアプリ大好き
充電の減りが早くなる気がするけど
Sir this is superChinese is correct Chinese apps?
Yes! I think it’s a good app for learning Chinese
Honestly, the speaking seems very discouraging.
Sometimes I get 99% of voice practice
Learning the characters should be the first step of learning. How are you gonna read books if you can't even read the alphabet?
You do realize there's no Chinese alphabet right? That's one of the first things you find out.
@@beusin Of course there is. It just happens to be a lot bigger than the English alphabet.
No chinese use a symbol for that specific word not individual letters
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