Spoken Mandarin

Casual Chinese Expressions You Hear in Real Life

Learn casual Mandarin expressions such as 随便, 算了, 无所谓 and 真的假的, including the tone and context dictionaries often miss.

Casual Mandarin is full of short expressions whose literal translation does not tell you how they feel in conversation. These phrases are especially useful when watching Chinese media, chatting online, or talking with friends.

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Search the dictionary for a word you saw, or paste the full sentence into Context Decoder when tone and context matter.

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