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Read it.Get it.Keep it.

Kalabi is a notebook for Chinese. Save anything you read, select a sentence to see how it's built, and keep every word with the sentences you found it in.

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Kalabi in action

One sentence,
start to finish.

Here's what happens to a sentence in Kalabi: you read it, see how it's built, and keep the word you want with the sentence attached.

  1. Keep what you read.

    Paste an article, open a PDF, write up a lesson or a line from a show. It lands in a note, exactly as you found it.

  2. See how it's built.

    Select a sentence and ask AI. You get the big idea, then each piece and the job it does, so you learn the pattern, not just the translation.

  3. Every word keeps its story.

    Save a word and it keeps the sentence you found it in, with pinyin, its HSK level and each character explained. Review your words on the web or on iPhone.

Everything you study,
in one place.

Reading, listening, speaking and the course all feed the same notes and the same words.

  • Learn from audio

    Add an audio file or a link and read along with a timed transcript. Translate it in one tap and bookmark the moments you want to replay.

  • Practise real conversations

    Turn on Role-Play, set a scene and reply in Chinese. Your partner keeps it going and shows how far through the scene you are.

  • Follow the HSK course

    147 lessons across four HSK levels: new words, key phrases, dialogues you can listen to, and grammar.

  • Sketch it out

    Every note has a canvas for word maps, sentence diagrams and characters.

  • Keep tricky phrases

    Bookmark a phrase to get a translation and a thread for your questions.

  • Shape your notes

    Headings, check lists, tables and pinyin above any character, one slash away.

  • Review what you saved

    Your words come back as cards and quizzes, on the web and in the iPhone app.

Every note you keep, every word you save and every review you finish adds to one picture of what you know.

It keeps building.
So does your AI.

The more you use Kalabi, the more its help fits you, and the assistant you already use can learn from it too.

  • Notes and reading
  • Saved words
  • Reviews and quizzes
  • Your HSK progress

Your knowledge base

Everything you know about Chinese

  • Kalabi AI

    Explanations and chat that already know your notes and your level.

  • Your own AI assistant

    Connect it to your progress for coaching. You choose what it can read.

Start with one sentence.

Paste something you want to read today and see what it's really saying.

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