HearMandarin
Learn Mandarin by ear.
All eleven thousand official words mapped, two thousand already spoken aloud. Tone training that actually trains, seventy-plus stories you can read on day one, survival cards, slang, games. All free, no signup walls. Pick a door:
The sticker wall Real internet Chinese: neijuan, tangping, chigua. Words that make locals grin. 
Survival cards Street lines for QR codes, taxis, spice levels and giant numbers. Learn it before lunch, use it at lunch. 
Practice room Tone games and listening games. Your ear improves in minutes a day. 
Band 1 word list The real 300 words from the official 2025 syllabus, every one spoken aloud. 
A story you can read Six sentences, all Band 1 words, every line with slow and normal audio.