MíCáng 迷藏
Learn to Read and Write Chinese with a Game You Will Actually Come Back To
MíCáng (迷藏, "hide-and-seek") turns learning to read Chinese into a game. It is the classic memory / Concentration game rebuilt around Chinese words: flip tiles to reveal characters, their pinyin, and their meaning, and find the tiles that belong to the same word. Match them all to clear the board — and the words stick, because you found them yourself.
Every tile shows a whole word, not a lone character, so you learn Chinese the way you will actually read it. Behind the game sit the complete official HSK 3.0 word lists — nearly 11,000 words across all nine levels — plus animated stroke order and guided handwriting practice for every character.
How You Learn
- A memory-game loop that makes vocabulary stick without feeling like flashcards
- Five match modes — character + reading, character + pinyin, character + meaning, a three-tile Triple challenge, and matching identical characters
- Grid sizes from a quick 3×4 up to a punishing 8×8
- Best times and move counts saved for every mode, level, and grid
- Review weak words — build a board from the words you have matched least often
- Native Mandarin text-to-speech reads words aloud as you match them, so reading and pronunciation grow together
The MíCáng word-list editor, showing HSK vocabulary with search, sort, and per-word on/off switches.
# Real HSK 3.0 Vocabulary
- The official HSK 3.0 word lists — HSK 1 through the advanced 7–9 band, nearly 11,000 words, grouped into Elementary, Intermediate, and Advanced
- Simplified characters, with an option to show Traditional; matching treats the two forms of a word as equivalent
- Pinyin with tone marks, coloured by tone so pronunciation patterns jump out
- Per-character breakdown of every word you match — tap a solved tile to see each character, its reading, and its meaning
# See and Write the Strokes
- Watch any character being written, one stroke at a time, in the correct order
- Then write it yourself — trace each stroke with your finger, Apple Pencil, trackpad, or mouse. Get the stroke and its direction right and it inks in as you draw; a wrong stroke flashes and clears, and a hint appears if you get stuck
- Turn the guide off to write from memory
- Stroke data covers every character in the HSK 3.0 lists and is built into the app
# Supported Devices
- macOS — Apple silicon and Intel Macs
- iPadOS — all current iPad models, with Apple Pencil support for handwriting practice
- iOS — iPhone
- Universal Purchase — one purchase covers Mac, iPad, and iPhone
- Fully offline — every word, definition, and stroke animation ships inside the app; no network connection is ever required
# Documentation
See the MíCáng Users Guide for complete documentation, or the MíCáng Teacher's Guide if you are using MíCáng in a classroom.
Both are available in English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese.
# Make It Yours
- Import your own vocabulary from CSV, tab-separated, or JSON files — lists exported from Anki, Pleco, or Quizlet drop straight in
- Export your custom lists again at any time to move them between devices or back into Anki
- Turn individual words on or off, and search and sort your lists
- Seven interface languages — English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese (Simplified) — with word meanings shown and spoken in your chosen language
- Light and dark appearance
- No ads. No tracking. No account required. Nothing about you ever leaves your device
# How to Get MíCáng
MíCáng is free to download. Play the full game with HSK 1 and HSK 2, all match modes, and stroke-order viewing at no charge.
A single one-time MíCáng Pro purchase of $8.88 (USD) unlocks all HSK levels 3 through 9, guided handwriting practice, the larger grids, custom-list import, and progress statistics. Pro is a Universal Purchase — buy it once and it unlocks on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. There is no subscription.
Download MíCáng
MíCáng is available exclusively from Apple's App Store.
Questions about MíCáng? See the support page or email support@appligent.com. Our privacy policy explains what the app stores — the short version is that it collects nothing at all.
