Ride the metro, talk your way through real situations, buy dumplings, find a lost friend, and pick up 524 HSK words of Chinese along the way.
Free. Keyboard, touch or phone. Every line is voiced.
Line 2 pulls into 人民广场. All 30 stations are real.
“师傅，请开慢一点儿！” A taxi ride with a cake on board.
The Bund lights up. Stage 4, after dark.
Your friends text you. In Chinese, with pinyin.
你好，上海 drops you into Shanghai with a phone, a metro card and a friend waiting at the Pearl Tower. Buying a ticket, ordering lunch, asking the way: you do all of it in Chinese, and the game keeps track of every word you meet.
That’s 524 words from HSK 1 to 4 (plus the names of places and all 194 countries you can come from), spread over 75 quests, 74 metro stations and seven days of one trip. From the moment you land you wear a smartwatch that explains the grammar in everything you’ve said.
Your guide hands you a smartwatch the moment you land: whenever you need help with your Chinese, check it. It keeps every conversation you’ve had and explains the grammar in each line.
Each one needs your Mandarin in a different way.
Your Shanghainese friend
Basketball-mad, always late, and proud of his mum’s dumplings. He meets you at the Pearl Tower on day one, and twists his ankle right after.
东方明珠见！Dōngfāng Míngzhū jiàn!See you at the Pearl Tower!
With 小李: walk him home · lunch in 新天地 · hoops in 复兴公园 · his lost phone · a birthday surprise
Your friend from France, new in town
She lands at Pudong with a yellow backpack and big plans, and gets lost about as often as you do. Her Chinese grows alongside yours.
上海太大了！Shànghǎi tài dà le!Shanghai is so big!
With 丽丽: the airport pickup · lost at the library · a present for 小李 · bubble tea and travel dreams · renting a room
Your grandpa · 老西门, Lane 108, No. 5
Tea, a singing bird called 小黄 and sixty years of stories about old Shanghai. He’s teaching you to cook; you’re teaching him to use his phone.
再喝一杯茶吧！Zài hē yì bēi chá ba!Have another cup of tea!
With 爷爷: stories of old Shanghai · medicine for a cold · market day · the 1960 photo · a last breakfast
Your grandma · 奶奶小馆, Lane 108, No. 9
She runs the busiest little restaurant in the lane, and she has a job for you: take the orders, bring the right bowls, count out the change. She pays by the shift, so every mistake costs you.
错得少，钱就多！Cuò de shǎo, qián jiù duō!Fewer mistakes, more money!
With 奶奶: the breakfast rush · lunch for three · coffee and cake · dinner and the till · a family dinner with 爷爷 · your birthday at 静安寺
One trip in five stages, from HSK 1 to HSK 4. Your quest log follows the days.
A smartwatch from your guide, a Line 2 ticket, 小李 at the Pearl Tower and dinner with his family.
Picking 丽丽 up at the airport, then tea and stories at 爷爷’s in 老西门.
Directions, lunch and basketball, a lost friend, a sick grandpa, a party and three kittens.
Four shifts at 奶奶小馆: take the orders, bring the right bowls, count out the change.
Bubble tea and travel dreams with 丽丽, a surprise at 静安寺 and a ticket to 重庆.
Transfers, soup dumplings, a lost phone on the Bund and 爷爷’s photo from 1960.
The 118th floor, the Maglev, a gate change in Mandarin only, and goodbye.
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