What's New

New in Version 1.4:
Changed name from Chinese Heroes to "Chinese Mandarin Alpha Team"

App Description

Learn Chinese Mandarin, with characters and tones (Pinyin, traditional, and simplified), with a game that is far more fun and action-packed than writing flashcards. Whether you are learning Chinese for the HSK exam or travelling to China, Alpha Team will help you take the first steps in building your Chinese Mandarin vocabulary.

Chinese Mandarin Alpha Team features:
--Choose your own Alpha Team Hero
--Battle an evil professor and use your Mandarin skills at the same time
--Practice listening (all audio recorded by native speakers)
--Over 60 categories and over 600 words!

Unlike other Asian languages, learning Chinese is not easy because it uses Chinese characters and there is no Chinese alphabet. But you need to build up your vocab . . . and we have a fun Chinese Learning game that will help you.

Chinese Mandarin Alpha Team is a game for people who can speak English to learn Chinese. It's good for adults and it is a great way to learn Chinese for kids. Try "Chinese Mandarin Alpha Team" and see how quickly you can learn. Can you learn Chinese in 5 minutes?

Study over 600 Chinese vocabulary words and phrases in both Simplified and Traditional Chinese Characters (as well as PinYin). There is no better way to learn Chinese Mandarin and memorize Hanzi than having fun doing it. Whether you are a novice or an intermediate learner, you need “Chinese Mandarin Alpha Team”.

"Chinese Mandarin Alpha Team" is a great game for Mandarin Teachers and students. It’s also perfect for kids learning Chinese. If you’re travelling to China or Taiwan, you should probably pick up some Mandarin Vocab with this game before you do.

Get ready to join the fight (and learn Mandarin on the way) with our Chinese Heroes.

As you join our story, the Evil Doctor Zhu has released poisonous lanterns into the skies over China. One lantern will turn the entire population into zombies if not destroyed first. It is a time of great peril for China until . . .

In come our Alphas (the Chinese Heroes), our team of top-notch Chinese Super Heroes. Help them destroy the lanterns before the lanterns destroy China.

You can choose from four different heroes:

Huo - The kung fu martial arts expert.
Feng - The beautiful yet dangerous hero.
Mao - The ultimate warrior who battles with his staff. And . . .
Jiantou - The top archer.

With you as their guide to help them translate the Chinese Characters, Doctor Zhu doesn’t stand a chance.

"Chinese Mandarin Alpha Team" features original artwork by Sandee Chica of Overpass Apps. The app is produced by Eric Wroolie of Overpass Apps. Eric is a life-long student of Chinese Mandarin and has worked as a Chinese Linguist for a good portion of his life. He wanted to create games and apps that help with keeping up his Chinese skills. He hated the hours he spent creating flashcards. “Chinese Mandarin Alpha Team” is one of many of his language learning games.

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Here are some places you can use Chinese Mandarin:
China, Taiwan, Singapore, Beijing, Shanghai, Dalian

iPhone Screenshots

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iPad Screenshots

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App Changes

  • October 19, 2014 Initial release
  • December 17, 2014 New version 1.0.1
  • February 19, 2015 New version 1.0.2
  • March 05, 2015 New version 1.0.3
  • March 26, 2015 New version 1.0.4