Chinese Brain

Learn Taiwan Mandarin while you read and watch

Hover any Chinese word on any page for its Taiwan pinyin, meaning and natural example sentences. Get Chinese and English subtitles together on YouTube. Keep one word list for everything you meet.

The Chinese Brain card over a Chinese web page, showing a word's pinyin, meaning and example sentences

Hover any word

Traditional characters, Taiwan standard pinyin, how common the word is, a breakdown into parts, and two natural example sentences.

YouTube dual subtitles

Chinese and English lines over the video. Every word is hoverable; the video pauses while you read.

One word list

新 Fresh · 學 Learning · 熟 Known. Press 1, 2 or 3. The same colors in the card, the subtitles and your list.

Your data stays yours

No account and no server of ours. Your word list is stored in your browser.

A YouTube video with Chinese and English subtitles and the word card