Those smug iPhone-owning Chinese-learning friends can wipe the smirk off their face – Pleco, the popular mobile Chinese Dictionary, has finally been officially released for Android, and it’s free. The free download is available either by searching in Android Market … Continue reading
The availability of Chinese dictionaries is often a deciding factor when buying a new mobile phone, which should make the following news music to the ears of Chinese learners everywhere – There is an Android version of the Pleco Chinese … Continue reading
If you’re a user of the amazing pop-up Chinese dictionary addon for Firefox, PeraPeraKun, then you’ll be happy to know that the dictionary database has been updated to the latest version of the CC-Cedict Chinese dictionary. And if you’re learning … Continue reading
Google Android as a mobile platform is becoming more and more widespread, which is a good thing for users as it means that more apps are being released, and the same is true for Chinese dictionary apps. Cidian Chinese Dictionary … Continue reading
At this year’s IT Month Show in Taiwan, a company called Funwish is asking travellers to Chinese speaking countries to throw away their Chinese dictionaries and guidebooks and instead replace them with the HuayuNavi app. Scheduled for release in March … Continue reading
First Pleco adds optical character recognition to their iPhone app, then Hanping adds Zhuyin to their Android app – Christmas has come early for Chinese learners! The new version of the Pro version of Hanping includes a series of updates … Continue reading
Pleco has finally updated their iPhone dictionary to version 2.2.0 which includes the much anticipated Optical Character Recognition functionality that was shown off a few months ago. The functionality seems to be a dream-come-true for Chinese learners who should be … Continue reading
1Pod News is a news reading application for Android that integrates Google Dictionary search, so when viewing news you can search Google Dictonary from inside the app. 1Pod News features a list of built in RSS news feeds to select … Continue reading
Embermitre announced earlier today that Hanping Chinese English Dictionary Pro 2.0 has been released, available for £4.99 in the Android Market Place. We reviewed the free Lite version of Hanping a few weeks back here on Chinese Hacks, and rated … Continue reading
Popup Chinese, a website offering podcasts and various tools for learning Chinese (look for a full review in the future) recently released a Chinese writing iPhone application for free. The app features three modes:
