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
Hanping Chinese dictionary for Android has been updated so much over the last few months that’s it’s hard to keep up. Hanping (Free, Pro) has been my dictionary of choice for Android since I started using it in early 2010 … Continue reading
Chinese Level: Intermediate/Advanced With the smartphone market being so competitive, and each device having different functions and specifications, it’s hard to know which phone to buy. So today we’ll be looking at how to compare two of the current most … 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
