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.
Set
B1verb
to prepare or arrange something so that it is ready for use or in position
Will
B1verb
to want or like
Plus
B1preposition
used when the two numbers or amounts mentioned are being added together
Truth
B1noun
the true facts about something, rather than the things that have been invented or guessed
Coin
B1noun
a small flat piece of metal used as money
File
B1noun
a box or folded piece of card for keeping loose papers together and in order
Kiss
B1verb
to touch somebody with your lips as a sign of love or sexual desire or when saying hello or goodbye
Breathe
B1verb
to take air into your lungs and send it out again through your nose or mouth
Mom
B1noun
a mother
Stuff
B1noun
used to refer to a substance, material, group of objects, etc. when you do not know the name, when the name is not important or when it is obvious what you are talking about
Mix
B1verb
if two or more substances or things mix or you mix them, they combine, usually in a way that means they cannot easily be separated
Economy
B1noun
the relationship between production, trade and the supply of money in a particular country or region
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.
Open A1 English →Hold a real conversation. Slowly, but really.
Open A2 English →Watch shows. Talk shop. Live abroad.
Open B1 English →Sound like a person, not a textbook.
Open B2 English →Argue, joke, persuade. In English.
Open C1 English →Native-adjacent, on a good day.
Open C2 English →Scan with phone