Hanping Chinese Dictionary (& Cantonese app) 10.4 Released
This release replaces the side menu with bottom navigation: four tabs, Search, Vocab, Reader and More, always one tap away
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This release replaces the side menu with bottom navigation: four tabs, Search, Vocab, Reader and More, always one tap away
This release adds Display options: the settings that change how words look, right in the app bar
The headline feature of this release is the Screen Reader, in both apps on Android: it reads the Chinese in whatever another app is showing
The headline feature of this release is the Image Reader, in both apps, on Android and iOS
The headline feature of this release is the Document Reader, in both apps Document Reader Paste some Chinese text, or open a
The headline feature of this release is Cloud Backup, in both apps Hanping Chinese Dictionary also gets Taiwan pronunciations and the TOCFL word list
This release gives a much improved English search experience In the following screenshot, notice how the word "judge" does not appear in the meaning
There are eight new AI voice add-ons for Mandarin (Hanping and ABC packs) and four new AI voice add-ons for Cantonese (CantoDict and Words
This release brings full tablet (and large screen) support
This release focuses on UI improvements and dictionary data updates
This release focuses on smoother navigation and improved input-method usability
This release focuses on enhanced sentence support and translation features
Hanping Chinese Dictionary (FREE) and Hanping Cantonese Dictionary (PAID) now available on iOS
Replaced old "samples" lists with 20 general vocab lists covering about 1,000 words, each sorted by word frequency Bug fixes Get it on Google Play: and Pleas...
Easier to build word lists: Untag multiple words at once Copy/move multiple words from one tag list to another Tag multiple words directly from History scree...
New history screen! Show pinyin, meaning as well as stars, tags and HSK level Improved how history items are grouped within a date Just like before, you can ...
Performance improvements Bug fixes Get it on Google Play: and Please contact us with your feedback....
Tweaked theming especially in light mode Improved English search suggestion buttons Soundboard Syllables & Tone Pairs screens uses tone coloring Android 16 c...
Add drag-drop support for reordering a user word list (UPDATE: smoother UI when reordering items in v8
Hanzi Decomposition - see the breakdown of the top 10k characters, including which component is the radical, and which indicates the pronunciation (where app...
Added Phonetic Relatives when viewing single character headwords Phonetic Relative: A character that shares the same phonetic component as the headword
Added support for Predictive Back navigation (Android 15+) Fixed bug where UI would always reset when relaunching the app Fixed issue when importing user dat...
Handwriting UI tweaks Fixed Back button behavior which was closing search results before handwriting/radicals No longer check other dict app for Strokes enti...
These changes mostly affect the Mandarin app (Hanping Chinese Dictionary) regarding the HSK exam vocab lists
Mostly just internal changes in this update: Improved support for Android 15 If you had any Hanping home screen widgets, they need to be re-added
Added Hanzi Info dialog accessible from overflow menu or by long tap on single character headword
This update addresses various features related to phonetics
Choose between Google Translate and Microsoft Translator (see Chinese Settings) for generic translations (when clicking on translate icon) Quick access to tr...
Added support for Hanping Accounts in order to have a single place to store your Hanping purchases (app purchases and in-app purchases)
Added support for drag-and-drop text from other apps to Hanping (e split screen mode)
Major improvements to the popups showing Chinese word details as well as Chinese/English search results
Main changes: Improved how radicals/handwriting integrates with UI More robust UI navigation Some widget fixes Fixed issue with ABC plugins Bug fixes Get it ...
Main changes: Better english/phonetic search disambiguation Handwriting UI fixes - added more tap area to four corner buttons. Also, strokes no longer lost o...
This replaces the old behavior which was to show all the sub-words starting from that character
The two Meiqi Voice add-ons have been combined into one Simplified Add-ons screen
Main changes: Major improvements to Phonetic/English search disambiguation Moved search language button to below search box Improved Part Of Speech dialog Fi...
Main changes: Fixed long-standing issue with some third-party keyboards (e.g. Message Ease) Other bug fixes regarding restoring search when returning to app ...
Now, a list of selectable child tag is shown in a single Popup Fixed Voice Recognition (Cantonese app) which was using Mandarin (Taiwan) as default language ...
This update continues with lots of changes under-the-hood which are important for the long-term future of the app
This update fixes a long-standing issue which you may or may not have noticed
This update focuses on refreshing the UI on many of the secondary screens including Settings, Soundboard, Add-ons, Handwriting, Radicals screens etc
This update mostly focuses on changes under the hood to bring stability to the way user preferences are stored
Some days bring nice coincidences
Made some improvements to the tagging system
This is a minor update that fixes several bugs and updated dictionary data In the Mandarin app () we have also added HSK 3
This is a major update that brings a much more powerful search engine (especially for English searches) as well as more useful search results – decomposition...
For any of you running MIUI 11 (which is the system running on most Xiaomi devices released in the past couple of years), you might have experienced an issue...
Added support for pinyin/jyutping abbreviation search Now you can type "wsm" or "wshm" instead of "weishenme" for faster lookups
This is a minor update including: Updated dictionary, examples and stroke data Accessibility improvements Nice animation in search box Several bug fixes Avai...
This update is for Android Marshmallow 6 0 and later
This update is for Android Marshmallow 6 0 and later Added Import User Vocab feature to allow bulk import of words into your custom tags
More export options (long-tap on tag in Tags tab)
Updated Cantodict dictionary data and example sentences Get it on Google Play:...
Updated ABC dictionaries and formatting - please go to Add Ons screen to perform update (Hanping Pro only) Added part-of-speech to ABC brief definitions (e
We've made it easier to hear all the Chinese sounds by adding a Soundboard (accessible from the left Navigation drawer) to the Hanping dictionary apps
Add notes to any word - this allows you to add your own translations/meanings/comments to any word regardless of whether it is already in a dictionary or not...
Tag from within clipboard notifications (Android N) Improved clipboard notification styling (choose between old Hanping style and new System style in Hanping...
Added toolbar to homescreen widgets allowing you to star/copy/play words Also randomization is now better persisted
Several bug fixes (mostly concerning improved tagging feature)
Much improved starring/tagging system No longer need to star a word to tag it Custom tags (corresponding to the word) shown on main Details screen beneath he...
CantoDict examples sentences Minor bug fixes
This is a major update bringing a new beautiful font where 9501 characters can be animated
Fixed pinyin umlaut tone-marking bug (Hanping Chinese only) Updated CC-CEDICT dictionary data (Hanping Chinese only) Added more external links (Hanping Chine...
support - Now you can study your starred words using Anki's hugely popular Spaced Repetition System (SRS) flashcard software
(Paid apps only) Homescreen Widget improvements and bug fixes - can now reconfigure widget by clicking on the app icon (top-right corner of widget) and then ...
Better Google Translate support Requires Google Translate app to be installed New translate icon appears next to not-in-dictionary search results Click on tr...
Better handwriting recognition More Android Marshmallow support (regarding backups) Minor bug fixes Note: 4
Better system Text-to-Speech support
Improved clipboard notifications Improved External Links section Redesigned navigation drawer Removed lots of notifications Fixed some dict formatting issues...
New app announcement: Hanping Chinese Popup Available on
Updated launcher icon to Material Design Updated CantoDict dictionary data Fixed problem regarding importing custom font (sometimes they were greyed out in s...
This is a bugfix update on version 2 2 which was released a couple of weeks ago
This is a bugfix update on version 2 1 which was released last week Updated dictionary data Fixed an audio bug occurring on some Android 4
This is a bugfix update on version 2 0 which was released last week Fixed audio bug that was occurring on some Android 4
The first update to the best offline Cantonese dictionary app on the planet, has arrived
We are delighted to announce our brand new Android app: Hanping Cantonese Dictionary Supports both Traditional and Simplified characters as well as Jyutping ...