App Shopper: nciku Chinese Dictionary (Education)

App Activity

Oct 28 '11	Version 3.2
Aug 08 '11	$3.99 -> $7.99
Aug 01 '11	$7.99 -> $3.99
Jun 22 '11	Version 3.1.1
Jun 03 '11	Version 3.1
Apr 16 '11	Version 3.0.1
Apr 06 '11	$4.99 -> $7.99
Apr 06 '11	Version 3.0
Jul 16 '10	Version 2.1.1
Apr 04 '10	Version 2.1
Feb 12 '10	Version 2.0
Feb 12 '10	$2.99 -> $4.99
Jan 25 '10	New App: $2.99, v1.0

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nciku Chinese Dictionary

iOS Universal

The nciku Chinese dictionary lets you look up Chinese and English words to see translations, pinyin, examples and stroke order animations, as well as listen to audio pronunciations of words and examples.

Features include:

* Over 163,000 entries, including 76,000 Chinese and 77,000 English words and phrases. Over 35,000 of our Chinese definitions for English words also have matching English definitions, to help you see which translation corresponds to which meaning of a word. If the word you're looking for isn't in our app, you can connect to nciku.com's online database of over 3 million entries.

* Search for an English or Chinese word, its meaning or (for Chinese words) its pinyin, or do an example search to find all examples containing that word. Or use our new Sentence Mode to paste a Chinese or English sentence then tap on a word to see its meaning.

* Native-speaker audio recordings for over 50,000 Chinese and 25,000 English entries, and TTS recordings of all Chinese and English examples and their pronunciations [audio pronunciation requires internet connection]

* Stroke order animations and definitions for all Chinese characters in a word, or links to longer words containing a single character.

* Use the nciku Handwriting tool to draw Chinese characters you don’t recognize with your finger [needs an internet connection]

* Use flashcards and multiple-choice quizzes to test yourself on words you've looked up or vocabulary from the HSK and CET exams.

* Offline application: except for the handwriting and audio pronunciation as noted above, the app doesn't require an internet connection to use

* Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad devices

What's new

* Added a Sentence Mode feature - if your search term contains multiple words and doesn't have any exact matches, you can tap on an English word or the first character of a Chinese word to see that word's meaning

* Added 8 pre-built vocab lists based on the required vocabulary for different levels of the HSK and CET exams.

Changes in other recent updates:

Version 3.1.1: added TTS audio for all 95,000 English and Chinese examples and their meanings, added a 'lookup' button when you select text to quickly search for its meaning

Version 3.1: added native iPad UI; added native speaker audio for over 50,000 Chinese entries and over 25,000 English entries (requires internet connection)

Version 3.0.1: added higher-resolution images for devices with Retina Displays; improved UI in various ways

Version 3.0: added many features including example search, stroke order animations, handwriting, flashcards and memorization tests