50LANGUAGES offers a free Chinese phrasebook organized around 100 practical, everyday topics, with useful phrases for situations such as introductions, travel, shopping, dining, and conversation. Each topic includes Chinese text, English translations, and native-speaker audio, making it useful for both quick reference and listening and pronunciation practice. Audio files can also be downloaded for offline study. The website works best using the Google Chrome browser.

Forvo’s Mandarin travel phrase guide provides useful phrases for everyday situations, including shopping, dining, banking, getting around, asking for directions, receiving care, flirting and more. Phrases include translations, written forms, and audio pronunciations to help learners hear how Mandarin is spoken.

GoChina.help provides a practical collection of Mandarin phrases designed especially for travelers and visitors to China. The phrases are organized by common situations, such as transportation, dining, shopping, hotels, emergencies, and everyday interactions. Each entry includes Chinese characters, pinyin, an English translation, and both male and female Mandarin audio, with an easy copy option for showing the Chinese text to someone when needed.

LanguageGuide.org is a free visual vocabulary resource for learning Mandarin through themed illustrations and audio. Browse topics such as food, the body, animals, the home, nature and geography, then tap or hover over items to hear their pronunciation. Interactive listening challenges and a beta speaking feature provide additional practice, with beginner, intermediate and advanced vocabulary settings available.

LingoHut offers 125 short Chinese lessons covering practical topics such as greetings, numbers, food, transportation, everyday activities and common expressions. Lessons emphasize vocabulary and pronunciation with native-speaker audio, flashcards and interactive practice, making it useful for beginners or as a supplement to a more comprehensive Chinese course. All lessons are free, with no subscription or account required. Available on the web.

Loecsen offers a free Mandarin phrasebook with around 400 useful words and expressions organized by everyday topics, including conversation, transportation, restaurants, hotels, and emergencies. Each entry includes Chinese characters, pinyin, English translation, and audio pronunciation. Printable materials and MP3/PDF downloads are also available.

Mandarin Chinese by Nemo is a vocabulary, phrase, and pronunciation practice app designed for learning useful Mandarin in short study sessions. Rather than following a traditional course with sequential lessons, you choose the words and phrases you want to learn and practice them using native-speaker audio, flashcard-style activities, quizzes, and review. The Speech Studio lets you record your voice and compare your pronunciation with a native speaker. The app can also be used offline and supports both Simplified and Traditional Chinese. Available for iOS and Android.

NetChai offers a free online collection of practical Mandarin Chinese phrases for everyday communication. Phrases are organized by situation, including daily conversation, travel, business, shopping, dining, and hospitality, making it easy to find expressions for specific needs. Entries include Chinese characters, pinyin, English translations, and native-speaker audio to help learners understand and practice pronunciation.

The Pure Language offers a practical Mandarin phrasebook designed especially for travel in China. Browse hundreds of useful phrases organized by real-life situations such as airports, taxis, hotels, restaurants, shopping, and transportation. Each phrase includes Chinese characters, pinyin, English, and audio, along with common responses you may hear. You can also create a customized printable phrase sheet for the situations you need.

Speechling’s free audio dictionary lets you search for Chinese words and phrases and hear them used in common example sentences recorded by professional voice actors. It supports both Simplified and Traditional Chinese and is especially useful for checking pronunciation and hearing vocabulary in context.

Standard Mandarin offers a large collection of practical Mandarin Chinese phrases organized by topic, including greetings, travel, restaurants, shopping, family, money, conversation, and everyday situations. Each phrase includes Chinese characters, pinyin, and audio with standard Mandarin pronunciation, and many entries also provide a literal translation or usage note. It is especially useful as an online phrasebook for learners who want to quickly look up and hear common expressions.