SayMei flashcards are a free Chinese vocabulary trainer that schedules your reviews with FSRS, the open-source spaced-repetition algorithm. They cover HSK 1-6 and run in any browser with nothing to install. After a lesson you save the words you met to your deck in one tap; cards carry audio and, where one has been generated, an example sentence; and a review is one step — reveal the card, then say whether you recalled it. A free profile stores the deck, and no card is ever required, because a SayMei membership pays only for live speaking minutes with Mei Lin.
You do not have to type out a deck. Live lessons with Mei Lin surface the vocabulary you just used so you can add a word, or the whole set, with one tap; you can also load the official HSK 1 through HSK 6 word lists in one click, pick from a library of curated textbook, exam and topic-pack lists, or import your own. Words you meet in the HSK 1 lesson songs and in listening practice save the same way. Each card shows hanzi, pinyin, the meaning, audio that plays when the answer is revealed, and a context sentence when one is available.
FSRS estimates when you are about to forget a word and books the next review for that day. Target retention defaults to 90 percent and can be set anywhere from 70 to 99 percent, so you can trade review volume against how much you are willing to forget. An activity dashboard tracks daily streaks, upcoming review load and retention over time. Reviewing never draws on live speaking minutes — see SayMei pricing for what is metered.
Yes. SayMei flashcards are free forever with a free profile — no premium tier, no card limit. The only paid part of SayMei is live speaking time with Mei Lin; reviewing your deck never uses it.
SayMei schedules every review with a smart spaced-repetition system. After each review you say whether you knew the word; words you miss come back quickly, words you know return at growing intervals — right before you'd naturally forget them.
You need a free SayMei profile so your deck and review history can be saved and synced. Creating one takes under a minute — no credit card, and signing up is free.
Yes — that's the point. Words you meet in live lessons, lesson songs, and dialogues can be saved to your deck in one tap, so your flashcards match what you're actually learning instead of a generic list.
The official HSK 1–6 vocabulary lists are built in as curated decks, and every card is tagged with its HSK level. You can also save any word from the dictionary, whether or not it appears on an HSK list.
Yes. SayMei runs in the browser on both, with nothing to install, and your deck stays in sync — start a review on your laptop and finish it on your phone.