Pleco Chinese Dictionary

Handwriting, OCR, flashcards

Published by: Pleco

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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In-Apps

Optical Character Recognizer
129.00 r
Basic Bundle
399.00 r
Flashcard System
129.00 r
Enhanced Handwriting
129.00 r
Professional Bundle
799.00 r
A Student's Dictionary of Classical and Medieval Chinese
499.00 r
Stroke Order Diagrams
59.00 r
Document Reader
129.00 r
Mandarin Audio (male)
59.00 r
Chinese History: A New Manual
599.00 r

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Pleco Chinese Dictionary FAQ

  • 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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  • How much does Pleco Chinese Dictionary cost?

    Pleco Chinese Dictionary has several in-app purchases/subscriptions, the average in-app price is 293.00 r.

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User Rating

5 out of 5

27 ratings in Norway

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Pleco Chinese Dictionary Reviews

Absolutely fantastic!

JaneTheFantastic on

Norway

I am trying to read a book and I absolutely LOVE the clipboard reader, it’s possible to save it in folders as well, just brilliant! So thankful I found it

The best stuff

ThisHereIsTheStuff on

Norway

This, this is some gud stuff

The best dictionary

Aigin on

Norway

There is no contest. This is it. Look no further.

Fantastisk

Mari.hoene on

Norway

Eg kjem ikkje på ein einaste bagatell med dette oppslagsverket. Forklaringene er grundige og aktuelle med gode eksempel, og det er lett å søke opp ord anten på engelsk eller kinesisk, med eller uten pinyin. Bruker denne appen heile tida.

The best dictionary app ever

mi3hao3 on

Norway

That's surely the best Chinese dict app, but I actually believe it's the best dictionary app that has ever existed for any language. Truly exceptional.

No 1!!!!!

MarenEJ on

Norway

Hella goood

Like an angel from the sky

Ingvild5 on

Norway

I use Pleco every single day. Why? Because my Chinese is poor and I live in China for 1 year. And also because it is a lifesaver. Seriously, without Pleco I would be so lost. I genuinely love this app. You should get it even if you are not interested in Chinese. That problem will be solved after reading all the definitions and variations of every thinkable Chinese word which Pleco provides for you. Much love💋

Best chinese lang app out there.

Markusvesoen on

Norway

Going to china? Need some translation from chinese? Want to know what the resturant menu actually says? Buy pleco!

Love this app for Chinese!

nimmyness on

Norway

<3

PLECO

vidarjv on

Norway

This is the ever best language tooli have ever seen.But no tools are perfect.What I miss is automatic repition of texts,with audio going around and around.Its helpsom when closing eyes and let it go aroun. This system could have been developed for other languages as well. Congratulations

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