This update addresses various features related to phonetics.
- Search by tone-marked Pinyin and Zhuyin (Mandarin app only)
- Search by tone-marked Yale and superscript-tone Jyutping (Cantonese app only)
- Increased Zhuyin font size. Now matches pinyin size properly (Mandarin app only)
- Add Phonetic Info dialog (including initial-final breakdown) to overflow menu on word details screen. Can also access this dialog by tapping on single-syllable word’s phonetic
- Add voice playback button for non-matching toned phonetic searches (e.g. “wo3shi4de2guo2ren2”, see screenshot below). For correct voice playback, please use tones where tone sandhi has already been applied
- Improved diacritics support
- Improved phonetic and radicals fonts
- Bug fixes
Search using tone-marked Pinyin or Zhuyin:
Search using toned phonetic phrase. So no matches, but now have the option of voice playback:
In the headword details screen (where the headword is shown top-center), tap on the 3-dots overflow menu icon, and then Phonetic Info to see more details about the phonetic. When the headword is a single syllable, it also shows initial-final breakdown:
Available from the Google Play Store.
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