BeChineseIs there an app that turns TikTok videos into Chinese lessons?
Yes, on iPhone: share the video to BeChinese. It doesn’t work inside TikTok, because an iPhone doesn’t let one app draw over another. Instead the video opens in BeChinese as a lesson: the clip at the top, and under it what’s written or said in it, line by line, with the line being said lit as it plays.
It’s for learning to hear and read the Chinese yourself, not for translating it: the lines are in Chinese, and the pinyin shows on the word you tap.
How to share a video
- Open the video in TikTok and tap Share.
- Choose BeChinese. If it isn’t listed, copy the video’s link instead, and in BeChinese, on Scan, tap Import from social media, then Paste.
- BeChinese opens, and the lesson takes a moment to make.
What the lesson does
- Captions on the video are read off it. A video without captions is listened to, and what’s said is written out.
- Tap a line to play the video from there.
- Tap a word, and the video pauses on its line with the word’s pinyin over it and a card with its meaning. You hear it in the speaker’s own voice where the lesson has its timing, and save it with one tap.
- Swipe along the card to go word by word through the line.
- Lessons you’ve made stay in Scans, to watch again.
Which videos work best
Videos with Chinese captions on screen give the cleanest lines: vlogs, street interviews, recipes, and accounts made for learners. Captions in simplified or traditional characters both work.
What you need
An iPhone on iOS 26 or later, and a connection: BeChinese’s server fetches the public video and makes its lesson, with a daily limit for each account. You sign in with Apple or Google, then choose a plan, yearly, monthly or weekly, through the App Store. The yearly plan can start with a free week.
BeChinese does the same for 小红书, Instagram and X.
