Papaman

For parents looking for a smarter way into Chinese

Make Chinese a subject your child looks forward to learning.

旋风小队长 is a comic adventure built around the key Chinese characters in the Primary school syllabus. Along the way, your child meets heroes who show bravery, courage and wisdom, and reads on to find out what happens next.

No sign-up needed to read. pages · about 5 minutes

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I'm a parent How it works
Hand the tablet or phone to your child. Grown-ups, the next step is at the end.

Episode 1

pages · about 5 minutes

未wèi完wán待dài续xù
To be continued…
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Who is that? I need to know. Ask a grown-up to unlock Episode 2.
Episode 2 is locked

Episode 2 is free. Tell us a little about your child and it is yours within 48 hours.

Welcome back.

旋xuán风fēng小xiǎo队duì长zhǎng 第dì二èr集jí · 黑hēi暗àn房fáng间jiān的de秘mì密mì

Today's episode is on its way.

未wèi完wán待dài续xù
To be continued…
Episode 3 is being written
第dì三sān集jí
Episode 3

We will let you know the moment it is ready.

Come back for the next episode

How this works

Why we made it

Repetition gets the word in. Wanting to know brings them back.

Drilling has its place. It gets a word ready for Friday's dictation. On its own, it rarely makes a child pick up Chinese when nobody is asking.

We think a child needs their own reason to read: a mystery, heroes who show bravery, courage and wisdom, and a story they want to finish, all built around the key characters in the Primary school syllabus. They keep going because they want to know what happens, and the characters come round again along the way.

That is our belief: a child who chooses to read Chinese will go further than one who is made to.

Illustration of a Chinese dictation sheet
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学xué一yì学xué Words in this page. Can you find them?

How it works

  • Your child reads a comic. Episode 1 is free.
  • The words come from the Primary Chinese dictation list, with pinyin on every character.
  • Each episode stops at the best part. Episode 2 is waiting.
Illustration of a child's hands holding a tablet
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