Mandarin Language iPhone Apps

More than just a game, Chinese 4 Kids :: Animal Kingdom is the best edu-tainment game for kids learning Mandarin-Chinese! Of course, kids won't just be learning, they'll also be laughing and having fun with 25 of their favorite animal friends. It is a unique challenge tool that engages your child, encourages exploration, and helps them begin building a deep understanding of the relationship between pinyin (phonetics), Chinese writing strokes, simplified Chinese characters, Chinese vocabulary and English words.

These bilingual flashcards are great for kids of all ages. The application features 67 different Chinese-English cards covering Animals, Colors, Shapes and Numbers. Players swipe to change cards, touch to flip the card over and shake to shuffle the deck.

Stickboy Chinese combines rich media, interactive games, and a proven curriculum to make learning Chinese a natural and entertaining activity. Stickboy's unique curriculum has been successful teaching Chinese to beginners by weaving two proven methods of language teaching: Storytelling Method and Progressive Method.

Available in both Lite and Pro versions ... the Lite version is ad supported and free (I obviously have this version) while the Pro version includes audio (I will be upgrading). The Lite version is simplified only while the Pro version provides an option of simplified or traditional Chinese.

The game is played on a grid, from 5x5 to 9x9, where Chinese characters are displayed. You look for meaningful words, phrases and sentences on the grid lined up in a line (horizontal, vertical and diagonal) with the help of the prompt at the bottom. You have a choice for the prompt: Chinese character, English or Pinyin.

E-son Putonghua Game is an educational game developed to help players learn Putonghua in a fun way. Players develop their listening, memoriziing and identifying skills when E-son is sent to the supermarket to get some groceries for his mother. Players help him to identify the items which are read out in Putonghua or showed in Pinyin and then put them in E-son's cart.