What's New

This app has been updated by Apple to use the latest Apple signing certificate.

iOS 10 support

App Description

The first combined Traditional/Simplified Chinese English Dictionary for the iphone, with almost 90,000 words and phrases, is now FREE! Search pinyin, english, traditional chinese, or simplified chinese at the same time without having to set your search type. Searches are close to instant and results appear as you type!

Save words you've looked up in the past. You can bookmark any phrase/word and access it later; great learning tool for native Chinese and English speakers alike.

No internet connection needed. The entire dictionary is downloaded and at your fingertips.

FEATURES INCLUDE
- Side by side Traditional/Simplified words
- Toggle whether Traditional or Simplified is your primary mode in 'Preferences'
- Search Suggestions - results appear interactively as you type. Results get more accurate as you input more characters.
- Bookmark phrases from your searches. Great as a learning or reference tool.
- EXTREMELY quick search results. Searches take 1/5th
of a second on average.
- Search Pinyin, English, Chinese at the same time.
- Access to almost 90,000 Chinese words/phrases offline.

TIP
- Enable Chinese Traditional, Simplified, or Pinyin input by going to your iPhone settings page
* Settings -> General -> International -> Keyboards -> Chinese (Traditional)
* Settings -> General -> International -> Keyboards -> Chinese (Simplified)

Dictionary is sourced from the CC-CEDICT project. http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php?page=cedict

iPhone Screenshots

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iPad Screenshots

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App Changes

  • July 30, 2013 Initial release
  • January 11, 2014 New version 1.1
  • June 14, 2019 New version 1.2

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