They teach new characters when you’re ready, test old ones before you forget, and answer questions when you’re stuck.
PRACTICE? MEET
Ping
Recognizing a character is the easy half. Recalling it cold is the half that blanks — and nothing you’ve tried has trained it. So every day a character pings you: pull it from memory instead of reading it off the page. Recognition becomes recall.
LIVES IN YOUR WhatsApp
Built-in
Nothing to download, no streak to protect. The pings land in the WhatsApp thread you already live in — so Chinese folds right into your day.
👩🏼🎨 Torie
🔐 What does 好 mean?
I only learnt it once. Can you give me a hint?
🤵🏻♂️ Hans
Woman 女 + Child 子. What family brings?
Good!
👩🏼🎨 Torie
I’ll ask you to record how it sounds later today. Keep it up, Dave! You’re doing 好!
谢谢
Grows with you
Pings
The daily character is the doorway. The pings follow from there — into new words, real sentences, what you actually want to say.
📬 New character, daily Pings that teach
A fresh one lands when you’re ready — never a backlog.
⏰ On your schedule Pings that fit
Set how often and what time. Daily, every other day, your call.
💬 Ask anything Pings that answer
Stuck on a character? Hans and Torie answer right in the thread.
🎯 Tested before you forget Pings that test
They check old characters at the moment you’re about to lose them.
🎙️ Say it out loud Pings that listen
Record how it sounds. Get it corrected, gently.
🔍 Break down any character Pings that open
Even ones outside your set. Paste it, they explain it.
📰 Chinese in the wild Pings that travel
Real headlines from things you actually care about, English alongside.
🗣️ Talk back Pings that talk
Hold a short conversation in Chinese. Corrected as you go.
Becoming
Hanziteller
Hans and Torie turn you into one — where others see mystery and hear noise, you’ll find meaning and read it out loud.
A minute
Adaptive
Reply when you can. No pressure. Hans and Torie adjust to your pace — not the other way around.
Attention
You don’t need to install anything. You already open WhatsApp 50 times a day. Now one of those opens teaches you Chinese.
HS Method
5pillars
Each pillar leans on the others.