DongChinese
VINCENT YANG Education iPhoneiPadiPod touch
DongChinese is a free Education app for iPhone and iPad by VINCENT YANG. Requires iOS 26.0. Updated September 5, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 29 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Sep 5
- 2026 · v1.2.6
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About DongChinese
Dong Chinese creates personalized Chinese reading material just for you. Powered by AI, it generates short stories matched to your vocabulary level, so you always read at the right difficulty — challenging enough to learn, easy enough to enjoy. How it works: Pick a topic — daily life, travel, food, technology, culture, and more — or type in anything you want to read about. Dong Chinese instantly generates a Chinese story tailored to you. Every story comes with a list of new vocabulary words, complete with pinyin and English definitions. Tap any word to look it up While reading, simply tap any Chinese word to pull up its full dictionary entry. Includes the complete CC-CEDICT dictionary built right into the app for instant, offline lookups. Read your way Switch between three display modes: characters only, characters + pinyin, or characters + pinyin + English. Sync with Anki Connect your AnkiWeb account and Dong Chinese will use your existing flashcard decks to generate stories that reinforce the words you're already learning. Key features: - AI-powered story generation on any topic - Full CC-CEDICT dictionary with 120,000+ entries, entirely on-device - Tap-to-look-up for instant definitions while reading - New words highlighted with pinyin and meanings - Three reading display modes - AnkiWeb integration to personalize stories to your vocabulary - Stories saved locally for offline re-reading - Simplified and traditional character support
What’s new
Version 1.2.6 · Updated September 5, 2026
• A cleaner Read tab: one-row filters, a compact continue-reading rail, and more stories on screen • Steadier reading — the text no longer shifts when you look up a word • Your display mode (characters / pinyin / English) now carries across stories • The end-of-story recap works offline • iPad layout refinements throughout
App privacy
The developer, VINCENT YANG, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Contact Info: Email Address, Name
- Identifiers: User ID
Used for: Analytics, App Functionality
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