TaleMandarin
A DIFFERENT WAY TO READ CHINESE

The story pulls
you in. The
words stay.

Learn Chinese through fiction you want to keep reading. English story passages bring Chinese vocabulary into context, with pinyin and meanings there when you need them.

See a real page Explore the collection
20novels represented
3,500vocabulary items*
4PDF volumes
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STORY COLLECTIONStories make
words stay.PART ONE 01 / 04
Actual first page of Part 01 showing annotated Chinese vocabulary beside English story text
Collection artwork + actual PDF page
MADE FOR THE MOMENT A STORY GETS GOOD
English story context✦Chinese in the text✦Pinyin at a glance✦Meaning beside the page

01 / THE IDEA

Reading first.
Learning follows.

These pages keep the momentum of a story while making each Chinese expression easier to notice, pronounce, and understand.

IN CONTEXT

He walked into the 小巷
and glanced back.

A word has somewhere to live.
01 / STORY

Keep the story moving.

Chinese words appear within English passages, so you meet them as part of a scene.

AT A GLANCE
xiǎo xiàng小巷alley
Pronunciation, word, meaning.
02 / PRONUNCIATION

Know how to say it.

Pinyin sits above the Chinese, with the original English word beneath it.

BESIDE THE PAGE
脚步声 [jiǎo bù shēng]n. the sound made by someone walking
漫步 [màn bù]v. walk slowly and without hurry
03 / VOCABULARY

Look a little deeper.

A vocabulary column gives you pinyin, part of speech, and an English explanation.

02 / REAL PAGES

See the reading
experience.

Switch between volumes and take a closer look. These previews come from the actual PDF pages, so you can judge the format before deciding.

Chinese word
Pinyin & English
Chinese passage

03 / THE COLLECTION

Twenty novels.
Four volumes.

Across four PDFs, explore selections from 20 distinct novels. Some works continue across more than one volume.

VOLUME 01392 PAGES
01/04

Works featured in this volume

  • A Certain Someone
  • Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation
  • The Scum Villain’s Self-Saving System
  • Heaven Official’s Blessing
  • BE Fanatic Survival System
  • Breaking Through the Clouds
  • Global Examination
  • First-Class Lawyer
  • AWM: PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
  • Little Mushroom
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VOLUME 02385 PAGES
02/04

Works featured in this volume

  • Imprisoned in Eternal Night
  • Words Left Unspoken
  • Wait for Me After School
  • Fake Slacker
  • A Certain Someone
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VOLUME 03425 PAGES
03/04

Works featured in this volume

  • Little Mushroom
  • Ballad of Sword and Wine
  • I Became a God in a Horror Game
  • Run Wild
  • Silent Reading
  • Eye of the Storm
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VOLUME 0469 PAGES
04/04

Works featured in this volume

  • A Reply from Keanu Reeves
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*The 3,500 vocabulary count is supplied for this collection; repeated words or phrases may occur across pages.

04 / YOUR READING RHYTHM

Follow the plot.
Pick up the words.

Use the annotations as much or as little as you need. The story remains the thread that ties each new expression to a moment.

01
“One could not tell Sheng Wang’s 脚步声…”

Read the scene.

Stay with the English narrative and meet Chinese in the middle of it.

02
jiǎo bù shēng脚步声footsteps

Notice the expression.

Glance at pinyin and the English word when the meaning needs a nudge.

03
Chinese Vocabulary脚步声 [jiǎo bù shēng]

n. the sound made by someone walking

Give it another look.

Use the vocabulary column to revisit a word after the scene has moved on.

WHO IT'S FOR

For readers who
like a little help
along the way.

Made for people who can follow an English story and want to encounter Chinese vocabulary through fiction. The PDFs provide reading support; they are not a graded course or full editions of the featured novels.

Check the page format
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Turn the page
because you want
to know what happens.

AND LET THE WORDS COME WITH YOU.

THE COMPLETE SET

Make room for
one more story.

Four digital PDF volumes, 1,271 pages in total, and selections from 20 novels. Read the sample pages, explore the contents, and see whether this format fits you.

TALEMANDARIN

Complete PDF collection

  • Four PDF volumes
  • Selections from 20 novels
  • Pinyin and English vocabulary support
  • 1,271 pages in total
One-time price · USD$9.90
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GOOD TO KNOW

Before you
turn the page.

What is included?+

Four PDF volumes with selections from 20 distinct novels. Together, the files contain 1,271 pages.

Are these complete novels?+

No. These are reading and vocabulary materials built from selected passages, not complete editions of the novels.

What does a page look like?+

English story text contains Chinese expressions, with pinyin above and the corresponding English below. Pages also include a Chinese passage and a side vocabulary column. You can inspect the real pages in the preview section.

How will I receive the PDFs?+

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