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Best dictionary app for any language. Wide variety of dictionaries, many features etc. Should definitely download it if you’re learning Mandarin or Cantonese.
Pleco Chinese Dictionary
Handwriting, OCR, flashcards
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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
- € 34,99
- Document Reader
- € 9,99
- Flashcard System
- € 9,99
- Integrate Purchases
- € 0,00
- Professional Bundle
- € 69,99
- Enhanced Handwriting
- € 9,99
- Mandarin Audio (male)
- € 5,99
- Stroke Order Diagrams
- € 5,99
- Mandarin Audio (female)
- € 5,99
- Optical Character Recognizer
- € 9,99
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User Rating
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Cantonese add-on is confusing
The Cantonese add-on of this app is problematic. First, it mixes with the Mandarin expressions, which are not used in Cantonese at all. For example, the pronunciation of ‘tasty’ is given as [hou2 hek3] - but that is only pronouncing the Mandarin Chinese expression in Cantonese, instead of providing the Cantonese expression with its pronunciation as [hou2 sik6]. Second, the pronunciation in Jyutping may not be accurate. For example, ‘eat’ should be [sik6], instead of [si6]. The closing consonant [k] is one main feature present in Cantonese but not Mandarin Chinese. I suggest the option of offering a cleaner version with only Cantonese to avoid all these confusion. Until that is done, I would like a refund.
Amazing.
I love this app! Can’t go without it anymore
HSK level for words
It should say for each word to which HSK level it belongs! It would be easier to understand the difficulty of each word/character.
Can’t live without it!
This app has been a game changer for me. I use it every single day!
Absolute necessity
Always surprised when people have not heard of this app yet. Absolute necessity! Also do yourself a service and buy the most premium package. Can’t think of a better way to spend money! Note to dev: PLEASE port the iPad app to macOS!
The nr 1 essential
A must download and buy when you are learning Chinese.
Superior
Check Pleco on "How to learn Chinese" websites and posts and you'll find that they all recommend Pleco.
the best
the best dictionary ever, i use it everyday
Easy and free
Very nice app, helpful for learning Chinese
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App Info
- Category
- Reference
- Publisher
- Pleco Inc.
- Languages
- English
- Recent version
- 3.2.74 (6 months ago )
- Released on
- Dec 17, 2009 (14 years ago )
- Also available in
- United States, Singapore, China, Vietnam, Indonesia, United Kingdom, Thailand, Canada, Germany, Australia, France, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Italy, Taiwan, Russia, Philippines, Japan, Spain, Switzerland, Netherlands, Brazil, India, South Korea, Mexico, Pakistan, Turkey, Sweden, Egypt, New Zealand, Poland, Norway, Belgium, Hungary, Portugal, Denmark, Chile, Ukraine, Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Czechia, Finland, Peru, Austria, Colombia, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, Israel, Greece, Nigeria, Ireland, Romania, Kazakhstan, Algeria, Ecuador, Belarus, Lebanon, Azerbaijan, Dominican Republic, Kuwait
- Last updated
- 1 week ago