What's New

New promotional graphics.
New onboarding introduction.
Daily reminder notifications option added.
Minor bug fixes.

App Description

Learn over 5,700 Chinese words and phrases. Yes, that's right, 5,700!

And each and every one with native speaker audio. Includes flashcards and exercises.

* Over Chinese 5,700 words and phrases.
* Every word includes a TRUE native speaker's audio recording.
* Flashcard review and exercises to aid memorization.
* Learning-list testing technique ensures word retention.
* Teaches Mandarin Chinese and uses simplified characters as used in Mainland China (The Peoples' Republic of China, PRC).
* Custom WordFiles allow users to create completely custom user WordFiles.
* Search for words and meaning and add to Custom wordFiles.
* Upload Custom WordFiles for backup and sharing.
* WordPlayer - listen to words while you exercise.

Declan Chinese FlashCards is a foreign language vocabulary learning tool by Declan Software. It includes around 5,700 words and phrases each with a native speaker audio recording. Words are organized into approximately 125 WordFiles with each WordFile containing up to 100 words. This version teaches Mandarin Chinese and uses simplified characters as used in Mainland China (The Peoples' Republic of China, PRC).

The Learning List: The words are learned based on a Learning List. The Learning List contains a subset of all the words in the WordFile – 10 words by default (although this can be changed by users). The Learning List allows users to concentrate learning a small group of words at any one time. Once a word is learned (by reviewing the Learning List and completing the Exercises) it is removed from the Learning List and is replaced by another, as yet unlearned word from the WordFile. This continues until the whole WordFile is learned.

Exercises: Words in the learning list should first be Reviewed using the “Review Learning List” option. Then users can move to the Exercises which include the Meaning Exercise, the Word Exercise, the Spelling Exercise and the Listening Exercise. Once all the exercises have been correctly completed, the word is marked as complete, removed from the Learning List and replaced by a new word. However, if the user gets one answer wrong in any of the exercises, then all the exercises must be completed again for that one word. This ensures comprehensive learning and retention.

Managing the Learning List: After a new WordFile is loaded the Learning List size is automatically set to 10. The number of words in the Learning List can be set by adding or removing words to the Learning List in the “Review Words” feature. In the “Task” menu select “All Words in WordFile” and then return to the main page.

Other language versions of Declan FlashCards includes on iTunes include: Arabic, Bahasa Indonesian, Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese (Traditional), French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish and Russian. FREE.

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App Changes

  • June 24, 2011 New version 2.0.5
  • July 07, 2011 New version 2.0.7
  • November 25, 2011 Price decrease: $14.99 -> $9.99
  • November 26, 2011 Price increase: $9.99 -> $14.99
  • January 21, 2012 New version 3.0
  • January 25, 2012 New version 3.0.1
  • February 11, 2012 New version 3.1
  • March 02, 2012 Price decrease: $14.99 -> $6.99
  • March 03, 2012 Price increase: $6.99 -> $14.99
  • March 18, 2012 New version 3.2
  • May 14, 2012 New version 3.2.2
  • July 24, 2012 New version 3.2.4
  • August 02, 2012 New version 3.2.5
  • January 20, 2013 New version 4.0
  • January 26, 2013 New version 4.0.1
  • April 17, 2013 Price decrease: $14.99 -> FREE!
  • April 22, 2013 Price increase: FREE! -> $14.99
  • May 04, 2013 New version 4.1
  • December 02, 2013 Price decrease: $14.99 -> FREE!
  • February 24, 2014 Price increase: FREE! -> $14.99
  • March 07, 2014 New version 4.2
  • July 10, 2016 New version 4.3
  • June 14, 2019 New version 4.6
  • January 07, 2020 Price decrease: $14.99 -> $4.99