Chinese Vocabulary Flashcards — Spaced Repetition That Works

You don’t forget words because you are bad at Chinese — you forget them because you review at the wrong time. Cram a word and you will lose it within days; review it at steadily growing intervals and it becomes permanent. That is the whole idea behind spaced repetition.

How it works here

While reading, tap a word and save it. It joins your flashcard deck, which uses the proven SM-2 algorithm: rate a card “easy” and it won’t come back for a long time; miss it and it returns soon. The schedule tunes itself to what you personally find hard.

Make it stick

Save words you actually met while reading rather than random list entries — context gives each word a hook. A few minutes of review a day is plenty. Pair it with the HSK word lists to make sure you are covering the essentials.