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Once purchased, subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off in your iTunes Account settings at least 24 hours before the end of the payment period.\n\nTerms of Service: https://www.chineseskill.com/terms-conditions-html\nPrivacy Policy: https://www.chineseskill.com/privacypolicy-html\nContact Us: nihao@chineseskill.com\n\n\nSupported languages: English, Spanish, Korean, Japanese, French, German, Turkish, Russian, Vietnamese, Portuguese, Italian, Indonesian, Hindi, Arabic, Thai.\n\n*Videos, additional vocabulary, and Booster content are currently only available for Mandarin (Mainland).","facts":{"developer_id":938083469,"developer_url":"https://www.chineseskill.com","first_released":"2014-02-08T01:02:13Z","support_url":"https://www.facebook.com/chineseskill","privacy_url":"https://www.chineseskill.com/privacypolicy-html","website_url":"https://www.chineseskill.com/","app_version":"9.6.12","release_notes":"Fixed an issue with league ranking badge calculations;","rating_current_version":4.8304,"rating_count_current_version":15389,"star_counts":[184,81,207,1216,13689],"genres":["Education","Reference"],"languages":["AR","EN","FR","DE","HI","ID","IT","JA","KO","PT","RU","ZH","ES","TH","ZH","TR","VI"],"content_advisories":["Infrequent/Mild Contests"],"device_families":["iphone","ipad","ipod"],"chart":null},"freshness":{"apple_read_at":"2026-10-21T11:13:12.641Z","catalog_read_at":"2026-10-14T15:44:19.782Z","reviews_checked_at":"2026-10-21T11:13:12.641Z","summary_written_at":"2026-10-18T18:03:11.615Z","placed_at":"2026-10-15T01:31:53.108Z","scored_at":"2026-10-21T16:44:13.411Z"},"editorial":{"one_liner":"Mandarin Chinese and Cantonese learning app with game-based lessons, speech recognition and handwriting practice.","what_is":"ChineseSkill is an Education app for learning Mandarin Chinese and Cantonese, starting from Pinyin, tones and basic characters. 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