Help Chinese-English Dictionary

General:

You can search using Chinese characters (traditional or simplified), English or Hanyu Pinyin. The type of input will be automatically detected.

KTdict C-E searches while you are typing, but only when at least two characters are entered. To search for a single character, press the search button in the keyboard.

Tapping on an item in the result list reveals a detailed view. The result list as well as the detailed view can be configured using the settings application.

If you tap on an English meaning or a Pinyin pronunciation in the detailed view, you start a new search using this result as input. This is helpful to find more words with the same English meaning or same pronunciation.

Tapping on a Chinese word in the detailed view displays the individual characters in a large view. Pressing the "lookup" button will search for this single character. This way, you can find all other usages of a certain character.

Search tips:

  • Diacritic marks are ignored. For example, ä / a and é / e are considered the same. You can enter "Frederic Chopin" to find "Frédéric Chopin".
  • Use the settings application to setup keyboards for entering Chinese characters (Settings » General » International » Keyboards).
  • Per default, KTdict C-E accepts both simplified and traditional Chinese characters in searches. This can be changed in the settings application.
  • Pinyin tones can be entered as a number after the syllable ("ma3"). If the number is zero or omitted, the input will match any tone. To explicitly search for syllables in neutral tone enter a five ("ma5").
  • Some input can be understood as English and Pinyin (for example "you" is an English word as well as a Pinyin syllable). In this case, first all English results will be shown followed by Pinyin results. To search only for Pinyin, enter a tone number after the syllable (e. g. "you0").
  • Pinyin "ü" can be entered as "ü" (by holding the u-key), "v" or "u:".
  • Pinyin syllables must be separated by a space or tone marker ("peng you", "peng2 you" or "peng2you", but not "pengyou").

Further info:

Developer webpage: http://www.klausthul.com.

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