AllSet Learning Pinyin app for iPhone and iPad
4.2 (
5232 ratings )
Reference
Education
Developer:
AllSet Learning
Free
Current version:
2.2, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 15 Jan 2012
App size: 28.78 Mb
If youre studying Mandarin Chinese, this is the pinyin chart for you. Its the only pinyin chart for the iPad to make full use of zooming and panning controls to make pinyin study easy and enjoyable. The interface is simple, clean, and ad-free. Every pinyin syllable has audio associated, and toggling between the four different tones of Mandarin Chinese is easy.
More advanced students of Chinese will enjoy the pinyin charts support for alternate phonetic representations of Mandarin Chinese. The app comes with support for the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) for free, but other romanization systems like Wade-Giles, as well as alternate representations like zhuyin (used in Taiwan) are available by in-app purchase.
See how the app works here:
http://youtu.be/1U35CClBZ-8
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Pros and cons of AllSet Learning Pinyin app for iPhone and iPad
AllSet Learning Pinyin app good for
Really useful for beginners. An iPhone version would be awesome !
This is really nice app to learn pronunciation of pinyin. I highly recommend it.
I am in my 4th year of Mandarin study and being in my early 60s, its way too late to think of learning Chinese characters. I must count on Pin Ying to help me with pronunciation of new words and phrases and this is my most referenced app during my studies. I give it my highest recommendation for usefulness.
Some bad moments
The app keeps on closing ... Wont recommend this app..i deleted and reinstall same result. I am using ipad 4
After struggling with my Chinese pronunciation and tones for years this app has been extremely useful for getting things straight in my mind. Practice alone first with the included audio then with a teacher to correct.
This app is nicely laid-out and very easy to use. Ive found it especially useful for hearing the difference between s and sh, z/zh, -n/-ng, as well as practicing tones.
After using a similar chart online to perfect my pronunciation, I noticed I was far ahead of my classmates, who still didnt have a solid grasps of the basic pinyin. The iPad app makes it even more convenient.
A great app that will really help anyone who wants the foundational basics of pinyin. I wish this app had been available a year ago when I started my Chinese lessons. Love love love love it!!
Probably one of the most useful exercises you can do when starting to learn Chinese is to solidify your Chinese pronunciation by practicing listening to, then saying, all of the possible syllables. An interactive pinyin chart is a great way to do that, and the design on this one is perfect! Several sessions in bed with AllSet Learning Pinyin will be a very educational experience, and your Chinese pronunciation will be much better than that of your Chinese-learning peers who dont take the time to train their tongues.
