4.62 out of 5
258 ratings in United Kingdom
As a Mandarin teacher this is the app I recommend all students get familiar with right away! There are just so many amazing things about it I cannot list them all here but generally speaking, however good someone thinks Pleco is, it’s actually better. So so grateful for this, keep up the good work and remember ‘work is love made visible’ (Khalil Gibran)
Pleco stinks more than the fish it is named after. Schools should allow me to use google translate instead of this goofy ahh app
I am giving this app a five star review because need it for school.
Really really great app w very complex definitions
Pleco is hands-down the best digital tool for learning Chinese. I’d be lost without it.
wish the search could be changed to focus less on random historical figures (which clutter up results) instead of useful words
When I installed this app a few months ago, I didn’t expect to be using it that much as I had only started learning Chinese as a hobby, via another app, and the interface seemed rather utilitarian. But, several dictionary and graded reader purchases later, I’m a total fan and use it every day. Here are the features I really like: - the flash cards. At first I added words into the default list and never looked at them again. But I’ve since organised them into categories and use them to test myself every day. - the enhanced text to speech audio, which I paid for, is fantastic. I set the narration speed to 80%, which allows me to actually pick out some words. - the break-through graded readers! Boy, the authors did a great job at making these stories interesting, despite the limited vocabulary. I ended up buying and reading them all, and am now reading the Secret Garden, which is the next level up. If not for the readers, I can’t imagine I’d still be even studying Chinese, as I’m otherwise limited to the signs of take-away shops. - the myriad dictionaries. For a while, I was content with the free dictionaries the app comes with, but I’ve since bought most of the other general-purpose ones and find it helpful to be able to look at a variety of definitions for a given word or phrase, as well as sample sentences. I also like how they break the character down into its radical and components. I must also commend the performance of the app, as the other app I use, which was good enough to get me going, crashes repeatedly. Pleco was right to go with utilitarian over cutesy anime, I guess. The only thing I’d wish for, if it were possible, would be if the text narration could continue in the background (meaning, with my phone in my pocket). But, that is a very trivial wish on my part.
It’s the best of the best
Very streamlined interface and easy to find what you need. I love that it doesn’t just translate pinyin, characters and English words but also gives you the stroke order AND pronounciation of characters. Also the extra features like bookmarking and giving examples or using the words in the sentence. It has everything I ever needed. Makes my Chinese study much quicker and easier.
There is no more accurate source of vocab info than this app. It has everything you’ll ever need to know, and more. I can’t recommend it more.
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