A must
If you're learning Chinese, you need to download this and buy everything in it. End of story.
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
- $29.99
- Outlier Expert
- $59.99
- Flashcard System
- $9.99
- SDCMC 3/e Upgrade
- $19.99
- Mandarin Audio (male)
- $4.99
- Outlier Expert Upgrade
- $29.99
- Mandarin Audio (female)
- $4.99
- Chinese History 6/e Upgrade
- $29.99
- Optical Character Recognizer
- $9.99
- Concise Dict of Chinese Idioms
- $19.99
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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 21.99 $.
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User Rating
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Pleco Chinese Dictionary Reviews
Excellent
我有点后悔，没有早发现“鱼”的功能那么齐全。
One of the few remaining useful, free apps
Thank god for Pleco
Everything about this is right
Heritage speaker, can’t read or write despite taking Chinese in elementary and college. This app is perfect in almost every way. If you can write characters, you can input what you see, if you need to write something you can say, you can use pinyin to input. I feel like it has helped me have more adult conversations with my parents. Love that it isn’t a subscription. The OCR needs some work, but honestly this app has been life changing for me.
This is the only dictionary for Chinese to ever exist.
No joke. Been using it for years and EVERY Chinese learner should have it on their phone.
Very solid application
I have been using for over 11 years. I have never seen a better dictionary that offers the same quality with ease of use.
Very Good but can be better
I enjoy using it for years. I hope it can be a learning tool as well. I added a few extras such as ChengYu, Proverbs, but they only appear when you searched. If it can automatically show as a daily learner in the notification(level graded), they can greatly extend the value. 期待“每日一词/语”
Super good
Pleco has proved to be really useful with my Chinese homework
The only app I need--one request!!
I've tried all of the other Chinese dictionaries and flashcard apps, and this one is the best and most comprehensive. I recommend buying the add-ons, especially the outlier dictionary. Super interesting to see the origins of characters. The prices are fair and one-time, which I really appreciate in a world of subscriptions. One request: please make an instruction manual or something for the settings! There are so many settings and features, which is great, but no explanations of what they do and difficult to find how to use them online. I've been experimenting and realizing how much potential is in the flashcard system, but it's a very high learning curve to utilize it. Otherwise, perfect app don't waste time/money on others!
Best Chinese Dictionary
Exactly as the title says.
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App Info
- Category
- Reference
- Publisher
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Pleco
- Languages
- English
- Recent release
- 3.2.75 (1 month ago )
- Released on
- Dec 17, 2009 (14 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, Argentina, Czechia, Saudi Arabia, Finland, Sri Lanka, Austria, Colombia, Peru, United Arab Emirates, South Africa, Greece, Israel, Nigeria, Bulgaria, Armenia, Uzbekistan, Nepal, Ireland, Romania, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Belarus, Luxembourg, Algeria, Dominican Republic, Croatia, Slovenia, Ecuador, Lebanon, Madagascar, Estonia, Slovakia, Azerbaijan, Kuwait, Lithuania, North Macedonia, Tunisia, Brunei, Iceland
- Last Updated
- 6 hours ago