Independent schools
One teacher, a teaching room, and a steady group of students. C3NTR puts your topics, exercises and notes in one place.
For academic schools
A knowledge home for your mandarin school.
Characters, tones, conversation and the long path of fluency
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Free for up to 30 students
No credit card
UK GDPR · EU (London)
Works offline
Your school's curriculum deserves a home
Character recall fades between sessions. Tonal mistakes get corrected in class but rarely written. Vocabulary lists sit across different folders. C3NTR is a quiet place to write it all down once, in your school's voice.
Who this is for
Schools with multiple teachers
Two or more teachers teaching the same subject. C3NTR holds the shared standard so every class draws from the same library.
Schools preparing for HSK
You're preparing students for HSK exams. Content locked by level keeps foundation students on basics while exam candidates see the full syllabus.
Built for teachers, not for IT
Your teacher opens the app, taps Edit, and writes the next character note in plain prose. The next class, students arrive knowing the stroke order.
Write directly in the app
Like a notepad. New articles are drafts until you publish, so nothing goes live by mistake.
Mobile-first authoring
Edit on the phone between classes or on the way home. The same library, the same edit screen.
A working library in under an hour
Import the starter template in a few taps. Edit anything that doesn't fit. Publish when ready.
HSK levels (HSK 1–6), your school's progression
Content locked by level, in your school's progression
Tag any article with a minimum level. HSK 1–2 sees foundations. HSK 3–4 sees conversation. HSK 5–6 sees academic work. The same library, the right view per student.
A glossary of mandarin terms
Mandarin has its own vocabulary. C3NTR's glossary holds the terms in one place: the technical names, your school's definitions, and the article each term appears in.
- 声调 (Tone)
- The pitch contour of a syllable, Mandarin has four contrastive tones plus a neutral tone, and the tone changes the meaning of the word.
- 拼音 (Pinyin)
- The official romanisation system for Mandarin Chinese, uses Roman letters with tone marks to write the sounds of the language.
- 汉字 (Hànzì, Chinese characters)
- The written characters used to write Chinese, each character represents a meaningful unit, often a single syllable.
- 笔画 (Stroke)
- A single line of the brush or pen, the basic unit from which every Chinese character is built.
- 部首 (Radical)
- A recurring component used to build characters, most radicals hint at the meaning category of the character they appear in.
- 你好 (Hello)
- The standard greeting in Mandarin, literally "you good".
HSK exams, conversation tables, cultural events
C3NTR isn't only the library. Schedule HSK exam dates, post conversation table meetings, and let students see what's ahead. Announcements land on their Today tab and events sit on the calendar.
Start from our Mandarin template
A working starter with 12 articles, 2 short videos, a 8-terms glossary across 5 tags (你好 (Hello), Pinyin and Tones, Characters and Strokes, Speak and Listen, Daily Practice). Import in a few taps, then edit anything that doesn't fit your school. Every article, term and tag is yours from the moment you import.
See the Mandarin template Template source:assets/templates/academic/mandarin.c3t.md
Inside the app
A look at how the library, articles and grade controls feel in your students' hands.
Plays well with what you already have
Bring your existing lesson notes and exercises in with smart Word document import or paste Markdown directly from your school's archive.
Word documents
Smart import reads headings and turns them into draft articles. You review before anything publishes.
Markdown from any editor
Notion exports, Obsidian notes, Bear, plain .md files. Paste or import.
C3NTR templates
Open .c3t.md format. Schools can share templates with each other without us in the middle.
UK GDPR · DPA 2018
UK GDPR compliant. Hosted in the EU (London).
C3NTR is built around UK data protection law from the ground up. Your school's data sits in the EU on Google Cloud London, the same region we manage from.
UK GDPR + Data Protection Act 2018
Built around UK GDPR Article 6 lawful bases. Subject access requests answered within one calendar month.
Hosted in the EU (London)
Your school's data sits on Google Cloud in the europe-west2 (London) region. No transfer outside the UK or EEA for core operation.
Encrypted in transit
All data is TLS encrypted. Access restricted to personnel with a clear business need.
Account deletion on request
Permanent deletion of personal data and content via in-app or written request.
What C3NTR is, and what it isn't
A library your school owns
Another booking or billing system
Built for how schools actually teach
A generic course builder
Calm, focused reading for students
A feed competing for attention
Start free. Move up when you outgrow it.
Seed
Free forever
Up to 30 students
All core features. No credit card.
Start freeSchool
£39/mo
£32/mo billed annually
Up to 150 students
Push notifications. 1 GB media storage.
Choose SchoolAcademy
£69/mo
£57/mo billed annually
Unlimited students
Multi-instructor publishing. Engagement analytics. 5 GB media storage.
Choose AcademyStudent? Show this to your teacher.
If you study mandarin and you'd love a quiet library you can return to between sessions, share this page with your teacher. Most schools start on the free Seed plan in under five minutes.
Common questions
Can students only see their level's material?
Yes. Tag any article with a minimum level. New students see only foundations. Teachers see everything.
Does it cover HSK, GCSE Chinese, your school's method?
Yes. The starter is curriculum neutral. HSK, GCSE Chinese, your school's method can adapt without rewriting.
Can my school customise the mandarin template?
Yes. Every article, exercise and term is editable. Add your school's curriculum, your favoured exercises and your house standards.
How long does it take to set up?
Most schools have a working library in under an hour. Import the starter template in a few taps, then edit anything that doesn't fit. Starting blank takes a little longer. Allow an hour or two to write your first ten articles. Students can use the app the day you publish.
Do I have to stop using my booking system?
No. C3NTR is a knowledge library for your curriculum, terminology and progressions. Booking, billing and scheduling stay with the tools you already use.
Is there a free plan?
Yes. Seed is free forever for up to 30 students, with no credit card required. Move up to School (£39/mo) or Academy (£69/mo) when you outgrow it.
Other academic disciplines
Teach a different style? Tell us.
Whether it's a specific mandarin lineage we don't list, or another discipline entirely, drop us a line and we'll add a starter template. In the meantime, the app already works for any structured curriculum, your library starts blank in a few minutes.
Ready to give your mandarin students a knowledge home?
Free for the first 30 students. No credit card. A working library in under an hour.
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