Life saver
I don’t know what I would do without Pleco. So much better than google translate. So fun to use
Description
Pleco is the ultimate Chinese learning companion: an integrated dictionary / document reader / flashcard system with fullscreen handwriting input and live OCR, from a company that's been making the world's best mobile Chinese learning apps since 2001.
Major features: ($ = paid add-on)
• Amazing dictionaries. We offer two free built-in dictionaries: the popular open-source CC-CEDICT, with over 110,000 frequently-updated entries, and our own PLC dictionary, with 125,000 entries, parts of speech, and over 25,000 example sentences (with Pinyin). More than two dozen other dictionaries are available as free and paid ($) add-ons, including licensed titles from well-known publishers like Oxford, Longman, FLTRP, Tuttle, SLPH, and Commercial Press.
• Powerful merged search: look up words by Chinese characters, Pinyin (spaces / tones optional), or English, with support for wildcards and full-text search. And no need to tediously flip between all of those dictionaries to find a word - just type in your search term and instantly get a combined, frequency-sorted result list.
• Links and cross-references: easily look up character components, break down words into individual characters, look up lists of words containing a particular character, and search across all dictionaries for example sentences containing a word.
• Gorgeous typography: see it for yourself in our screenshots - we think we're one of the best-looking Chinese dictionaries around. Alternate Kai/Song/Xing-style Chinese fonts are also available ($).
• PRC/HK/Taiwan-friendly: every part of Pleco supports both traditional and simplified, headword readings can be shown in Pinyin and Zhuyin, and some dictionaries even support Cantonese. (note: stroke order diagrams do support traditional characters, but use PRC order)
• Audio: Hear Mandarin and Cantonese for words and example sentences using iOS' free built-in text-to-speech system. We also offer add-ons ($) with native-speaker Mandarin recordings and higher-quality Mandarin TTS.
• Document Reader: bring in text from the clipboard and tap on words in it to instantly look them up. Upgrade ($) adds support for tap-lookups in text, HTML, DOC, DOCX, PDF, and EPUB files. We also offer graded readings ($).
• OCR: look up words simply by pointing your device's camera at them, or by tapping on them in a still image. ($)
• Fullscreen handwriting: use your device's whole screen instead of just a little box. Extremely accurate and highly tolerant of stroke order mistakes. (enhanced $)
• Flashcards: create a card from any dictionary entry with a single button tap, import premade word lists, use advanced memorization techniques like SRS, and study in a variety of modes including fill-in-the-blanks handwriting and tone drills. ($)
• Stroke Order Diagrams: animations showing you how to draw each character; 500 characters for free, 28,000 in paid ($) version.
• User dictionaries: create new dictionary entries right on your device as you encounter new words. ($)
• No ads.
We also offer famously excellent customer support and an active user community at http://www.plecoforums.com. And we're constantly working to make our products better; our sales and customer base have been growing for two decades across 4 different platforms. You can be confident that we'll still be fixing bugs and adding features for years to come.
Paid add-ons can be transferred to other devices that link to your iTunes account just like any other paid iTunes content; simply install our free app, open up the "Add-ons" screen, and tap on the "Restore Purchases" button to activate your purchase on each device.
Please contact us at [email protected], via the form at http://www.pleco.com/contact.html, or using the in-app "Contact Support" command with any questions - we'll be delighted to hear from you.
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Major features: ($ = paid add-on)
• Amazing dictionaries. We offer two free built-in dictionaries: the popular open-source CC-CEDICT, with over 110,000 frequently-updated entries, and our own PLC dictionary, with 125,000 entries, parts of speech, and over 25,000 example sentences (with Pinyin). More than two dozen other dictionaries are available as free and paid ($) add-ons, including licensed titles from well-known publishers like Oxford, Longman, FLTRP, Tuttle, SLPH, and Commercial Press.
• Powerful merged search: look up words by Chinese characters, Pinyin (spaces / tones optional), or English, with support for wildcards and full-text search. And no need to tediously flip between all of those dictionaries to find a word - just type in your search term and instantly get a combined, frequency-sorted result list.
• Links and cross-references: easily look up character components, break down words into individual characters, look up lists of words containing a particular character, and search across all dictionaries for example sentences containing a word.
• Gorgeous typography: see it for yourself in our screenshots - we think we're one of the best-looking Chinese dictionaries around. Alternate Kai/Song/Xing-style Chinese fonts are also available ($).
• PRC/HK/Taiwan-friendly: every part of Pleco supports both traditional and simplified, headword readings can be shown in Pinyin and Zhuyin, and some dictionaries even support Cantonese. (note: stroke order diagrams do support traditional characters, but use PRC order)
• Audio: Hear Mandarin and Cantonese for words and example sentences using iOS' free built-in text-to-speech system. We also offer add-ons ($) with native-speaker Mandarin recordings and higher-quality Mandarin TTS.
• Document Reader: bring in text from the clipboard and tap on words in it to instantly look them up. Upgrade ($) adds support for tap-lookups in text, HTML, DOC, DOCX, PDF, and EPUB files. We also offer graded readings ($).
• OCR: look up words simply by pointing your device's camera at them, or by tapping on them in a still image. ($)
• Fullscreen handwriting: use your device's whole screen instead of just a little box. Extremely accurate and highly tolerant of stroke order mistakes. (enhanced $)
• Flashcards: create a card from any dictionary entry with a single button tap, import premade word lists, use advanced memorization techniques like SRS, and study in a variety of modes including fill-in-the-blanks handwriting and tone drills. ($)
• Stroke Order Diagrams: animations showing you how to draw each character; 500 characters for free, 28,000 in paid ($) version.
• User dictionaries: create new dictionary entries right on your device as you encounter new words. ($)
• No ads.
We also offer famously excellent customer support and an active user community at http://www.plecoforums.com. And we're constantly working to make our products better; our sales and customer base have been growing for two decades across 4 different platforms. You can be confident that we'll still be fixing bugs and adding features for years to come.
Paid add-ons can be transferred to other devices that link to your iTunes account just like any other paid iTunes content; simply install our free app, open up the "Add-ons" screen, and tap on the "Restore Purchases" button to activate your purchase on each device.
Please contact us at [email protected], via the form at http://www.pleco.com/contact.html, or using the in-app "Contact Support" command with any questions - we'll be delighted to hear from you.
In-Apps
- Basic Bundle
- $49.99
- Document Reader
- $14.99
- Flashcard System
- $14.99
- Professional Bundle
- $99.99
- Enhanced Handwriting
- $14.99
- Mandarin Audio (male)
- $7.99
- Stroke Order Diagrams
- $7.99
- Mandarin Audio (female)
- $7.99
- Optical Character Recognizer
- $14.99
- A Student's Dictionary of Classical and Medieval Chinese
- $59.99
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Pleco Chinese Dictionary FAQ
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Is Pleco Chinese Dictionary free?
Yes, Pleco Chinese Dictionary is free to download, however it contains in-app purchases or subscription offerings.
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Is Pleco Chinese Dictionary legit?
✅ The Pleco Chinese Dictionary app appears to be high-quality and legitimate. Users are very satisfied.
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How much does Pleco Chinese Dictionary cost?
Pleco Chinese Dictionary has several in-app purchases/subscriptions, the average in-app price is $29.39.
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User Rating
4.66 out of 5
238 ratings in Australia
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Pleco Chinese Dictionary Reviews
i love pleco
I’ve had Pleco for a year or so now and it is simply the best language learning resource i’ve ever used. it’s obviously way more convenient and usable than a physical Chinese dictionary, but it also replicates everything good about a physical reference book — it works offline, has almost no loading time, paid features/dictionaries are one-off purchases with no hidden costs. But then it’s ALSO a web browser you can use to navigate Chinese-language websites with tap-to-click translation, and it’s ALSO a flash card bank, and and and… I don’t find every feature equally useful, but I have progressed much faster in my independent Mandarin learning than I thought was possible when I started, and Pleco takes half the credit.
Best Mandarin App
Love this app if you are learning mandarin it’s a must
best money i have ever spent on an app
the free version is very good, especially on ios, but it’s worth upgrading to paid. it’s just so refreshing to see an app that doesn’t run on the subscription model — the one-off price is such a reasonable price for what you get. pleco just works. it’s functional. you can do everything you need to do and nothing you can’t. you pay for it and then you get to keep it and transfer the data to other software. it’s not always intuitive or gamified or animated or whatever but the FAQ is clear comprehensive. you can buy further expansions but they’re not advertised in-app. it’s such an old school approach. we didn’t know how good we had it back in them days thank you pleco i’m crying now hope you’re happy
Superb app
Great app, great dictionary. Sometimes the cited meanings are quite old fashioned
Must have - be kind to yourself and buy the whole pack!
this is an incredible app. I have been studying Mandarin for three years now. When I started, I looked for a good dictionary. Having learnt other languages in the past, I knew a really good dictionary saves hours and hours of study. I took the plunge and paid for the top package of Pleco and have never regretted it. Highly functional, fast, the sound files are great; the example sentences are incredibly useful; the OCR features are awesome and unbelievably useful; the description of the characters is fantastic; being able to import characters in many ways is incredibly useful; and I could go on and on. I can’t tell you highly enough how good this is. When you think I might have spent on language lessons, this is a small amount of money and will save you so much time. Be kind to yourself, and you will not regret it. Pay for the top package. Go on - do it!!
good and safe for the past two days I’ve got you all your thoughts about the things
No
So expensive
Everything there is so expensive so i only try the demo
Truely the best dictionary app out there
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Chinese dictionary
Could you please add a Chinese definition dictionary. Like not just the English translation and definition but also Chinese definitions as well. Thanks
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App Info
- Category
- Reference
- Publisher
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Pleco
- Languages
- English
- Recent release
- 3.2.75 (2 months ago )
- Released on
- Dec 17, 2009 (15 years ago )
- Also available in
- United States , Singapore , China , Vietnam , Indonesia , United Kingdom , Thailand , Canada , Australia , Germany , France , Malaysia , Hong Kong SAR China , Italy , Taiwan , Russia , Philippines , Japan , Spain , Switzerland , Netherlands , Brazil , India , South Korea , Pakistan , Mexico , Türkiye , Sweden , Egypt , Poland , New Zealand , Norway , Belgium , Hungary , Portugal , Denmark , Chile , Ukraine , Czechia , Argentina , Saudi Arabia , Finland , Sri Lanka , Austria , Colombia , Peru , United Arab Emirates , South Africa , Greece , Israel , Nigeria , Bulgaria , Armenia , Uzbekistan , Nepal , Ireland , Kazakhstan , Romania , Latvia , Belarus , Luxembourg , Algeria , Dominican Republic , Croatia , Slovenia , Ecuador , Lebanon , Madagascar , Estonia , Slovakia , Azerbaijan , Kuwait , Lithuania , North Macedonia , Tunisia , Brunei , Iceland
- Last Updated
- 5 days ago
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