MyMandarin Cinema: Netflix, YouTube, iQIYI & Viki Chinese Subs & AI Tutor

Learn Mandarin Chinese on Netflix, YouTube, iQIYI (iq.com), and Viki (viki.com) — without pausing, dictionary-hopping, or breaking immersion. MyMandarin Cinema turns every C-drama, Chinese film, wuxia series, donghua, and documentary into a Mandarin lesson with dual Chinese subtitles, tone-aware pinyin, instant word lookup, and an AI Mandarin tutor that answers grammar questions in context. Every word you save while watching syncs straight to your MyMandarin vocabulary garden and enters a spaced-repetition (SRS) review queue on the web and mobile app — so a Sunday-night binge becomes Monday-morning flashcards at scientifically-spaced intervals. 🎬 Chinese-First, Not Retrofitted Most language-learning subtitle tools were designed for European languages and bolted onto Mandarin. MyMandarin Cinema is the opposite: built Chinese-first, with native support for simplified (简体) and traditional (繁體) characters, HSK 1 through HSK 6 word annotations, smart Chinese word segmentation, and tone-aware pinyin alignment that actually lines up with the characters above it. 📺 Built for Netflix, YouTube, iQIYI AND Viki Netflix carries a growing Chinese catalog, iQIYI (iq.com) and Viki (viki.com) are where the C-drama, wuxia, xianxia, and donghua libraries truly live, and YouTube holds an endless free supply of Chinese vlogs, interviews, music, and full dramas — millions of native-Mandarin videos most learning tools ignore. MyMandarin Cinema runs natively on all four, so your subtitles, pinyin, word lookup, AI tutor, and saved vocabulary work identically wherever you watch. Switch platforms, keep one vocabulary garden. On YouTube, videos without English captions get automatic English translation, so dual subtitles work even on native-only content. 🔑 Features Dual Chinese Subtitles + Pinyin Three-line subtitle display on Netflix, YouTube, iQIYI, and Viki: Chinese characters, pinyin with tone marks, and English translation — perfectly aligned, never crowded. Toggle pinyin on or off per session. Switch between simplified and traditional characters with one click. Instant One-Tap Chinese Dictionary Click any character or word in the Netflix, YouTube, iQIYI, or Viki subtitles to get pinyin, English definition, HSK level, and example sentences — pulled in-context — without ever leaving the video player. Acts as an inline Chinese-English dictionary for every show. AI Mandarin Tutor: Grammar, Vocab, Translation Ask anything about the current line. "Why is 既然 used here?" "What's the difference between 都 and 也?" "Translate this sentence word by word." The AI tutor answers using the actual subtitle line as context, so grammar explanations are concrete rather than textbook-abstract. Handles HSK grammar, classical-leaning wuxia and xianxia phrasing, slang, and idioms — on Netflix, YouTube, iQIYI, and Viki. Save Chinese Vocabulary in One Click Tap save on any word and it lands in your personal MyMandarin vocabulary garden — tagged by source show, with the original Netflix, YouTube, iQIYI, or Viki sentence attached as context for review. Builds your personal Chinese flashcard deck automatically as you watch. Spaced Repetition System (SRS) That Lasts Saved words automatically enter MyMandarin's SRS scheduler on web and mobile. The Chinese words you encountered while watching C-dramas on Sunday show up as flashcards on Monday — and again at the perfect interval to actually remember them. Word-stage highlights (seed → sprouting → active → mastered) appear right in the subtitle stream so you can see at a glance what your viewing is teaching you. Shadowing & Pronunciation Practice Auto-slow playback runs dialogue at ~0.8x and silence at ~1.25x — every tone comes through clearly without doubling your watch time. Press R to replay the current line, or enable pause-at-line-end so the video stops the instant each subtitle finishes, perfect for shadowing and repeating after the speaker. Full Keyboard Shortcuts for Power Users A / D jump previous / next subtitle line, Space toggles play, R replays, P toggles pinyin, E toggles English, [ and ] step playback speed, \ toggles Auto-Slow. The mouse never has to leave the show. Sync Across Web, iOS & Android Sign in once. Every Chinese word saved from Netflix, YouTube, iQIYI, or Viki is instantly available on mymandarin.org and the MyMandarin iOS / Android apps. Watch on your laptop, review on your phone during the commute. 🎯 Perfect For • Beginners (HSK 1–2) who want comprehensible Mandarin input with pinyin training wheels • Intermediate learners (HSK 3–4) ready to move beyond textbooks into real Chinese TV and film • Advanced students (HSK 5–6) tackling native-speed C-dramas, wuxia, xianxia, and Chinese cinema • Heritage learners reconnecting with Mandarin through the shows their family watches • C-drama and donghua fans on Viki, iQIYI, Netflix, and YouTube who want the binge hours to count toward real fluency ❓ FAQ Does MyMandarin Cinema work with traditional characters? Yes — toggle simplified (简体) and traditional (繁體) at any time. Word lookup, pinyin, and the AI tutor all switch with you. Great for Taiwan dramas and Hong Kong cinema on Netflix, YouTube, iQIYI, and Viki. What HSK levels are supported? All of them — HSK 1, HSK 2, HSK 3, HSK 4, HSK 5, and HSK 6. Every word in the dictionary is annotated with its HSK level so you can prioritize the vocabulary that matters for your stage. Do I need a Netflix, iQIYI, or Viki subscription? You need access to whichever platform you watch on. MyMandarin Cinema enhances the existing subtitle stream on Netflix, YouTube, iQIYI (iq.com), and Viki (viki.com) — it does not provide or stream video content. Any plan with access to Chinese-language titles works, and YouTube is completely free. (On Viki, turn on Chinese subtitles in the player's own subtitle menu and Cinema reads along.) Does it work on YouTube? Yes — open any YouTube video that has Chinese subtitles (CC) and Cinema overlays the full three-line display: characters, pi…