Pleco Chinese Dictionary

Chinese dictionary with handwriting, OCR, flashcards, audio, Cantonese, and more
Pleco

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Version 3.2.92
Updated on 2024-10-14
Rating 4.7
Category Books&Reference
Package name com.pleco.chinesesystem
Downloads 500+

Pleco Chinese Dictionary Description

Pleco is the ultimate Chinese learning companion - an integrated Chinese English dictionary / document reader / flashcard system with fullscreen handwriting input and live camera-based character lookups, from a company with 17 years' experience making mobile Chinese learning software.

Major features: ($ = paid add-on)

Great dictionaries: the free app comes with two dictionaries - CC-CEDICT and our in-house PLC dictionary - which together cover 130,000 Chinese words and include 20,000 example sentences with Pinyin. We offer 8 more free dictionaries as optional downloads, including a 22,000-entry Cantonese-English dictionary, and 19 other great dictionaries are available as paid upgrades. ($)

Handwriting input: lookup unknown characters by drawing them, with a best-in-class recognition engine. (basic version free, enhanced version $)

Live Optical Character Recognizer (OCR): look up Chinese words in the dictionary simply by pointing your device's camera at them, or by scrolling around a still image. ($)

Screen Reader/OCR: instantly tap-lookup Chinese words in other apps through a floating interface; works on Android 4.1 and later. (reader free, OCR $)

Flashcard System: create a card from any dictionary entry with a single button tap, import premade word lists, use advanced techniques like SRS (spaced repetition), and study in a variety of modes including fill-in-the-blanks and tone drills. (simple version free, full-featured $)

Audio Pronunciation: instantly hear male + female native-speaker audio for Chinese dictionary headwords; recordings available for over 34,000 words. (stitched-syllable free, multi-syllable $) Or listen to example sentences with text-to-speech (system TTS free, enhanced $).

Powerful search: look up words by Chinese characters, Pinyin (spaces/tones optional), or a combination, with support for wildcards and full-text search.

Cross-referencing: tap on any Chinese character / word in any dictionary entry to bring up its definition.

Stroke Order Diagrams: animations showing you how to draw each Chinese character; 500 in free app, 28,000 in paid add-on.

Voice Recognition: look up words by speaking them into your device's microphone.

Document Reader: open a Chinese-language text or PDF file and look up unknown words in the dictionary simply by tapping on them. ($) You can also look up characters on web pages through "Share" and in other documents through the clipboard. (free)

PRC- and Taiwan-friendly: supports traditional and simplified characters (in dictionary definitions, stroke order, search, OCR, and handwriting), and supports Zhuyin (with ruby support) as well as Pinyin for pronunciation display.

Cantonese: display headwords + perform searches in Jyutping/Yale romanization. We also offer Cantonese dictionary and Cantonese audio add-ons. (some $)

No ads: we won't even nag you about buying add-ons.

We also offer excellent customer support - send us an email and see for yourself - and an active user community at plecoforums.com.

We've been making Chinese dictionary apps since 2000, and our sales and customer base have been steadily growing for 17 years across four different platforms. We take good care of our longtime users: people who bought a dictionary on a Palm Pilot in 2001 can still use that dictionary on a new Android phone in 2020 without even paying an upgrade fee.

Paid add-ons can be moved to a new device like any other paid app; just open our free app on your new device and they should reactivate.

If you already own Pleco on another OS, see pleco.com/android for migration options.

This app uses Accessibility services. (for our Screen Reader feature, which helps users to get by in Chinese-speaking regions without knowing Chinese)

Twitter/Facebook: plecosoft

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Comments about Pleco Chinese Dictionary Android Version

I don't write a ton of reviews but I just had to for this one. This is quite possibly one of the best-designed and useful apps ever and life-changing. If they had the equivalent for other languages they'd drive Duolingo right out of business. This is invaluable as a learning tool, with graded readers fully integrated with dictionaries, as well as example phrases they've somehow extracted from those dictionaries, including the Outlier dictionary. Just FYI, many add-ons are absolutely worth it.
Best app for Chinese learning. Every learner needs this app. It breaks down words to the individual characters, and the characters into the individual radicals. This makes it so much easier to remember new words and characters. I also like the smorgasbord of other features, like the fact they sell you graded readers through the app, and have a flashcard system. I like it has bopomofo in addition to pinyin. My only wish is there was also a desktop version I could use when I'm not on my phone.
Best Chinese dictionary I've found for people learning Chinese! There is a feature that costs 10 dollars that gives you a flashcard function that is highly customizable and, with a bit of tech know how it's the best way I've found to learn new characters. I'm a student learning Chinese, and it's some of the best 10 dollars I've ever spent, so much better and more streamlined than quizlet.

Pleco Chinese Dictionary APK FAQ

Is Pleco Chinese Dictionary safe for my device?

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Yes, Pleco Chinese Dictionary follows the Google Play content guidelines to ensure safe use on your Android device.

What is an XAPK file, and what should I do if the Pleco Chinese Dictionary I downloaded is an XAPK file?

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A file with .xapk extension is a compressed package file. It is a container file format that incorporates APK and additional associated files required for the installation. The XAPK format was introduced to package the APK file and OBB file together for a seamless delivery and installation process. XAPK format can help reduce the package size of application. On mobile phones, users need to install the XAPK installer first, and then install XAPK files through that installer. You can find the installer here:https://apkcombo.com/how-to-install/. But on PC client, you just need to put the file on LDPlayer.

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Yes, you can play Pleco Chinese Dictionary on your computer by installing LDPlayer, an Android emulator. After installing LDPlayer, simply drag and drop the downloaded APK file into the emulator to start playing Pleco Chinese Dictionary on PC. Alternatively, you can open the emulator, search for the game or app you want to play, and install it from there.

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