Mamahuhu

Mǎmǎhūhū is the app blocker that fights back in Chinese. Pick the apps you lose time on. The next time you reach for one, a wild Chinese word appears. Beat it in a quick, Pokémon-style battle and the app opens. Every reach for your feed becomes a minute of Mandarin. HOW A BATTLE WORKS • Every word is a creature. Its colour and antenna show its tone, so you see how a word sounds before you say it. • Pick your move: SAY it out loud, pick what it MEANS, LISTEN and choose what you heard, or USE it in a phrase. • Words fight back. Disguises, tone shifts and swaps check that you really know a word, not just recognise it. • Choose how long a battle is: one quick question, or up to four. • Won already? Keep fighting for extra minutes. • No time right now? You can skip three times a day. YOUR HANZIDEX • Words team up into phrases. A phrase waits in an egg until you've met all its words, then…