Learn to Speak Chinese Through Conversation
A free platform to learn to speak Chinese. Have fun in the process!
Chinese Conversation Practice for Free Right Now!
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Hilokal Around the World
Learn to Speak Chinese...by Speaking Chinese!
Get Chinese conversation practice with like-minded people from around the world Simply choose your stage, Beginner, Elementary, Intermediate, Upper Intermediate, Advanced, Proficient. Then, let natural conversation flow!
Culture of Learning
Hilokal is not a dating app or a lifestyle contest. We keep profile photos small. We encourage Chinese conversation practice focused content, and strictly enforce our community guidelines. You’ll see immediately that everything in Hilokal is designed to help you learn to speak Chinese and share your native language.
Custom Emojis
With Hilokal, we’re always updating custom emojis and badges in our Chinese speaking app. Sometimes there’s no right word to express how you feel - in any language, but there is the perfect emoji to truly express what’s really on your mind. Make Chinese conversation practice fun by expressing yourself and showing off your achievements with badges.
Track Progress
Stay motivated with daily Chinese speaking streaks. Learning how to speak Chinese is all about practicing consistently and often. Language learning is not a sprint, it’s a marathon! You can also set talk-time goals for yourself. If you only have 5 minutes to practice your new vocabulary, those 5 minutes will be added to your total talk time. It feels good!
How to start speaking Chinese on Hilokal
❶ Sign up for Hilokal
Start your journey on our free Chinese speaking app! Let us know your goals and we’ll set you up with a fresh account.
❷ Find an audio table
Choose from our 1000s of live and scheduled Chinese speaking app audio tables. Filter by language, level, partners, and communities.
❸ Listen until you’re ready to speak
You can choose to be a listener, and just send chat messages, images and emojis while you learn from other’s live audio conversations.
❹ Ready to speak out? 🚀
Click the🪑‘take a seat’ icon to let the table host know you’re ready to learn to speak Chinese and join the conversation!
Free Forever
Our goal is to give everyone an equal opportunity to learn to speak Chinese. Chinese tutors, schools and courses can be very expensive. With all the fancy technology in the world, speaking to people around the world should be free. At Hilokal, we created this vision through our free Chinese speaking app and it'll stay that free forever!
Join In or Create Your Own Conversational Lessons!
You have the power to block, kick and report anyone who interrupts your Chinese conversation practice. You have the power to accept or decline messages from strangers. Feel free to create public or private audio rooms and cafe communities. You are in control of your journey into learning how to speak Chinese.
Everyone will be impressed with your Chinese skills
Hilokal is the easiest way to practice Chinese speaking online free. Yes, free! If you’re not ready to speak out yet, that’s no problem. Our drop-in audio chatrooms make it easy to just listen until you’re ready to start learning how to speak Chinese through your own conversation. As a listener you can send chat messages and fun emojis. Not sure what to say when you’re ready to talk? There are thousands of topics and hundreds of verified Chinese trainers will make that part easy.
Improve Your Chinese Speaking Skills - No Matter Your Fluency
Beginner to native speaker conversation levels, read alongs, Q&As, and more. Practice Chinese conversation for free.
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