Cool MateFor Mandarin Chinese speakers
English for
Mandarin Chinese speakers.
Cool Mate translates every word, example, and grammar note into Mandarin. Native English audio, slow-mo replay, and a feed designed around how Mandarin speakers really pick up English.
Free to start. No textbook. No streak shame.
Built for Mandarin Chinese speakers
Tuned to how Mandarin Chinese speakers actually learn English.
Mandarin translations everywhere
Every challenge, definition, example, and grammar note carries simplified Chinese translations written by native editors.
Pinyin and tones, where they help
For ambiguous words, the app shows pinyin alongside the translation so meaning lands the first time.
Sounds that Mandarin does not have
TH, L vs R, V, ending consonants. The feed targets these on purpose and gives you the audio to copy.
Miss a week, keep your progress
The Leitner box quietly catches you back up. Built for adults with jobs, not for daily pressure.
Easy wins
Mandarin Chinese speakers already know these.
Words that look or sound nearly the same in Mandarin Chinese and English. Free vocabulary the day you start.
borrowed from English
borrowed sound
borrowed sound
borrowed in Cantonese, spread to Mandarin
borrowed both sound and sense
borrowed both sound and use
Watch out
The traps Mandarin Chinese speakers usually fall into.
False friends, missing sounds, and the patterns school never warned you about.
Spoken Mandarin uses the same sound for he and she. English requires you to pick, often before you think.
English forces a plural ending where Mandarin would just add a number word.
Mandarin marks time with particles. English changes the verb itself. Eat becomes ate, has eaten, was eating.
Mandarin uses measure words and demonstratives. English uses a, an, and the. Wrong article rarely blocks meaning but gives away non-native usage instantly.
Often, always, never sit before the verb in English, after the subject.
Sample words
Real English challenges to try right now.
A taste of the Cool Mate feed. Tap any card to see the clip, audio, examples, and Mandarin Chinese translations.
New challenges being published. Check back soon.
Where to start
Pick a starting level that matches your reality.
We suggest A1 for most Mandarin Chinese speakers.
Most Mandarin speakers start at A1 to build a high-frequency word base. If school English carried you further, the app reorders the queue.
How it works
Built for the way memory actually works.
Learn the phrase the way it's actually said.
Every challenge is a 3 to 15 second cut from a real show, news clip, or talk. You hear the rhythm, the stress, and the face behind the words.
An algorithm that times every clip.
An invisible Leitner box runs in the background. Each word comes back at the moment you're about to forget it. Fifty years of memory research, one tap.
Native audio, full speed and slow.
Every word has full-speed and slow-mo native audio. Tap once to copy the pronunciation the way a native actually says it.
Twelve native languages.
Definitions, examples, and grammar notes translate into your native language. Switch any time.
Questions
English for Mandarin Chinese speakers, answered.
Pick your CEFR level
Start where you are. Climb at your speed.
The first 500 words that unlock everything else.
Open A1 English →Hold real conversations, even if they are short.
Open A2 English →The threshold level. Where English starts working for you.
Open B1 English →Where you stop translating and start thinking in English.
Open B2 English →Sound like the person you are in your native language.
Open C1 English →Indistinguishable from a confident native, on a good day.
Open C2 English →Scan with phone