Chinese Audiobooks

Audiobooks has a very large collection on a variety of topics and in many genres, including novels, lectures, children's books and more! Only available for iOS.

A well-known audiobook platform with a selection of Mandarin Chinese audiobooks, including fiction, nonfiction, children’s books, and Chinese-learning titles. Most content requires a purchase or membership.

Beelinguapp offers side-by-side bilingual stories. You can listen to and read a story in one language and reference it in another.  Available Platforms: iOS and Android.

BiliBili is a Chinese video-sharing website based in Shanghai. It is often called "Chinese YouTube." You can find many audiobooks in Chinese there. Simply type 有聲書 into the search bar.

Free audio for the King James and Chinese Union Bible in Mandarin Chinese. English translation provided.

Dedao, also known as "Dedao Knowledge," offers audiobooks, lectures and ebooks that focus on education.

For those of you who are familar with Ximalaya 喜马拉雅, a Chinese platform for sharing audio and radio stations, this is the US version. It offers a variety of short audio courses and motivational stories.

Here you will find a few free audio textbooks. Downloading them is a breeze! Just click "More Info" on the textbook you're interested in, then select "Try It," and finally click "Buy for 0.00" to get your textbook.

This app offers audio of the bible in Mandarin Chinese (simplified and traditional) and a multitude of other languages. Available Platforms: iOS, Android, Microsoft and Amazon.

This website offers audio of the bible in Mandarin Chinese (simplified and traditional), Shanghhainese, Sichuanese, Yunnanese, Cantonese, Chinese sign language & more! Listen online or download files for use offline. App also available. Just click on English in the upper right of the screen to change languages.

This site offers over 400 free audio books in Chinese. Take care to check the language before downloading books, as some Chinese dialects such as Hokkien, come up in the Chinese language search results.

Loyal Books is a free online library. To find their Chinese audio books, scroll down to “Languages” in the left-hand menu, and select “Chinese.” Select “audio books” as a filter under the top drop-down menu. The selection is small, but all the audio books are free. They also offer ebook versions of Chinese books.

A popular Chinese audiobook platform with a large selection of fiction, history, children’s books, and other spoken content.

Pingshu8 features a diverse range of content, including classic literature, modern novels, educational recordings, and more. You can easily find audiobooks by searching for titles, categories, or authors.

Enjoy a variety of free audiobooks and podcasts. To download a book, select the title you're interested in; click on 全本下载 (download full version) to download it, and then click on the orange 本地下载 (download) button to start the downloading.

One of China’s largest audio platforms, Ximalaya (喜马拉雅) offers a huge selection of Chinese audiobooks, audio dramas, children’s stories, literature, history, and other spoken content. Although much of the content is paid, plenty of free material is available. To find it, try searching for terms such as 免费畅听 (free listening), 免费多人有声剧 (free multi-person audio drama), 免费睡前 (free bedtime), or other combinations containing 免费 (free).

You can find many audiobooks in Chinese on YouTube. Simply type 有聲書 into the search bar. This link searches for you!