Xiaohua – Chinese Tingxie Practice

Xiaohua (小华听写) is a Chinese spelling practice app for Singapore primary pupils in P1 to P6. It is designed for short practice sessions that let a child listen to a word, inspect its pinyin, and write the word in a 田字格 grid. Instead of stopping at a multiple-choice answer, the practice flow gives feedback while the student writes: it checks strokes, their order, and their direction as they are entered. This makes the writing process itself part of the exercise.
The app arranges words drawn from common exam vocabulary into short, game-like levels. Pupils can work through those levels as bite-sized practice, returning to the listening and handwriting sequence for each word. The combination of sound, pinyin, and handwriting gives learners several ways to engage with a word in one session: first hear it, then read the pronunciation cue, then form the characters by hand and use the stroke-order feedback to review their attempt. The focus is on Mandarin tingxie rather than general-purpose translation or an AI writing assistant.
Xiaohua is a React web app and is available at https://xiaohua.study/. Its free plan can be used without creating a login, so pupils and families can start practising directly. The product is intended for the Singapore P1–P6 context, where Chinese spelling practice is a familiar part of primary learning. A parent or pupil can use the short levels for a little practice at a time, using the common exam vocabulary as the basis for handwriting work. Xiaohua brings together listening, pinyin reading, character writing, and stroke-level feedback in one browser-based experience. The aim is to make practice approachable and interactive while keeping the core task clear: recognise the word, write it accurately, and learn from immediate feedback on how the characters were formed. It supports a simple practice rhythm that can be repeated word by word, without requiring an account for the free tier. The interface is web-based and can be opened from the product website.