Realising that my collection of Chinese language books has grown to the point were they’ll require a big box and hefty shipping cost to get them back to the UK when I return from Taiwan, I have been looking for … 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
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
Today we’re going to be looking at Chinese keywords and vocabulary relating to installing a new custom operating system on an Android phone, but before we do let’s first go over what exactly that means using English so you can … 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
In a previous post we looked at where to find subtitles for Chinese movies, but once you have the subtitles you need how can you use them? In this series we’ll look at the best media players on Mac and … 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
Improving your pronunciation is an important goal when learning a language, and due to the reliance on tones this is even more so the case for Chinese, so obviously feedback is essential if you are to improve. The problem with … 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
If you’re at all interested in news from China and Taiwan then you have no doubt heard of The Hao Hao Report – a website that allows users to submit and vote on news stories relating to the Chinese speaking … Continue reading
