Five minutes a day to learn Vietnamese, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Thai and the five Nordic languages. See it, hear it, spell it—until it sticks.
Scan to downloadAbout 25,000 entries, 2,200+ topic packs and levels, and 18,000+ short videos with subtitles in total. Every entry comes with an illustration, example sentences and native-speaker audio.
8,900 illustrated entries · 536 topic packs · 507 levels · 6,500+ subtitled videos
7,200 illustrated entries · 192 topic packs · 250 levels · 6,100+ subtitled videos
2,000 illustrated entries · 168 topic packs · 59 levels · 2,200+ subtitled videos
2,100 illustrated entries · 136 topic packs · 72 levels · 1,200+ subtitled videos
1,400 illustrated entries · 37 topic packs · 38 levels · 700+ subtitled videos
1,200 illustrated entries · 45 topic packs · 40 levels · 1,700+ subtitled videos
660 illustrated entries · 25 topic packs · 11 levels
590 illustrated entries · 22 topic packs · 10 levels
560 illustrated entries · 23 topic packs · 11 levels
550 illustrated entries · 19 topic packs · 10 levels
530 illustrated entries · 21 topic packs · 9 levels
Listen, see, spell, choose—each round is short and fits into your day.
Picture recognition, audio, spelling, matching, and true/false—all in a short, focused set.
More than 99% of entries across all 11 languages carry native-speaker audio. Vietnamese comes in Northern and Southern accents; Chinese offers Mandarin, Beijing, Shanghainese, Cantonese and more.
Pictures, definitions, pronunciation, and sample sentences all together. Build a feel before you practice.
8,900 Vietnamese entries with Northern and Southern pronunciations, word building and examples—free to look up on the web. Spelling practice works on desktop too.
You want to learn Vietnamese, Thai, Korean, Japanese, English or a Nordic language, without starting from an endless word list.
Each set takes about 5 minutes—easy to finish while waiting in line or commuting.
YiWords helps you master words first, so reading and conversations come easier later.
Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese, Korean and English—understand new words in a language you already know.
We only do one thing: get words to stick. Fewer gimmicks, more practice you will actually open every day.
Adjust accent, speed, session length, and question types to fit your style.
Eleven: Vietnamese, Mandarin Chinese, English, Korean, Japanese, Thai, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish and Icelandic. Each learner sees ten of them — the one matching their own native language is left out. Measured on 27 September 2026 there were 25,863 published entries: Vietnamese 8,900, Chinese 7,227, English 2,134, Korean 2,035, Japanese 1,413, Thai 1,251, Danish 661, Icelandic 590, Swedish 569, Finnish 553 and Norwegian 530. Vietnamese, Chinese, Korean, Thai, English and Japanese also have subtitled listening videos; the five Nordic languages are vocabulary and levels only for now.
YiWords is a language-learning app for native speakers of Chinese (Simplified or Traditional), Vietnamese, Japanese, Korean and English. You can learn any of 11 languages — Vietnamese, Mandarin Chinese, English, Korean, Japanese, Thai, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish or Icelandic — using illustrated flashcards, spelling practice, dictionaries and 18,751 subtitled listening videos.
Yes. YiWords offers 18,751 short listening videos with subtitles and line-by-line translations — Vietnamese 6,581, Chinese 6,144, Korean 2,283, Thai 1,701, English 1,251 and Japanese 791 — plus shadowing (repeat-after) practice for pronunciation. The five Nordic languages do not have listening videos yet.
Yes, YiWords provides Vietnamese audio in both Northern and Southern accents, and users can adjust the playback speed for each.
YiWords offers Chinese audio in multiple regional accents, allowing learners to hear and practice different pronunciations for each vocabulary item.
Yes, YiWords has a web version that can be accessed directly in a browser without any download.
For Chinese, vocabulary is organized by HSK levels. For Vietnamese, words are grouped by CEFR levels and also by topic-based word packs.
YiWords supports offline caching, so users can continue learning vocabulary and reviewing flashcards without an active internet connection.
Each entry includes an illustration, meaning, common collocations, example sentences, and audio in relevant accents.
YiWords allows users to synchronize their learning progress across devices by logging into their account.
