Essential Tools for Your China Study Journey
Interactive planners, checkers, and guides built for international students coming to China. No sign-up required.
Pre-departure
X1, X2, F, S1, S2: answer 5 questions to find your exact student visa type, documents, fees, and timeline.
Open tool →Estimate tuition, rent, food, transport, and insurance by city and degree type. Compare Beijing vs Shanghai vs Chengdu.
Open tool →60+ items across 9 categories with smart filters by season, region, and degree type. PDF export included.
Open tool →Check if you qualify for CSC, provincial, or university scholarships based on nationality, GPA, degree, and language score.
Open tool →One-click download checklist of every document you need before leaving home: passport scans, transcripts, photos, health forms.
Open tool →On-campus life
Plan your HSK exam path from level 1 to 6. Track progress per skill area (listening, reading, writing) with spaced repetition reminders.
Open tool →Generate a natural-sounding Chinese name from your real name, gender, and preferred meaning. Includes pinyin and character explanations.
Open tool →Paste any Chinese text to see pinyin above each character, word-by-word English meanings, and full sentence translation.
Open tool →After graduation
Work visa, residence permit renewal, or green card? Map your post-graduation options step by step with deadline tracking.
Open tool →Language & survival
8 scenario phrase banks (food, hospital, bank, taxi, police, professors…) with pinyin, English, and embedded annotator tool.
Open tool →Frequently asked questions
- Are these tools free?
- Yes. All 10 tools on this page are completely free to use. No sign-up, no payment, no ads blocking the interface.
- Do I need to create an account?
- No account needed. Every tool works directly in your browser. Some tools (like the packing list) save your progress locally so you can close and come back later.
- Are my personal data stored on your servers?
- No. All processing happens in your browser. We never send your inputs or results to any server.
- Can I use these tools on my phone?
- Yes. Every tool is fully responsive and works on mobile browsers. The annotator and name generator are especially handy on the go.
- Which tool should I use first?
- If you just received an admission letter, start with the Visa Type Finder and Cost Calculator. If you are already in China, try the Annotator and Survival Chinese phrases.