Comments on: 21 essential dictionaries and corpora for learning Chinese https://www.hackingchinese.com/21-essential-dictionaries-and-corpora-for-learning-chinese/ A better way of learning Mandarin Thu, 15 May 2025 19:39:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Zi.Tools: A powerful free resource for exploring Chinese characters | Hacking Chinese https://www.hackingchinese.com/21-essential-dictionaries-and-corpora-for-learning-chinese/#comment-132831 Thu, 15 May 2025 19:39:41 +0000 http://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=3406#comment-132831 […] Please note that Zi.Tools provides in-depth information about individual characters. If you just want to look up what a character means, how it’s pronounced or how it’s used, please refer to a normal dictionary. […]

]]> By: Chinese learning tools and resources worth paying for | Hacking Chinese https://www.hackingchinese.com/21-essential-dictionaries-and-corpora-for-learning-chinese/#comment-125731 Mon, 25 Nov 2024 17:02:15 +0000 http://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=3406#comment-125731 […] A good electronic dictionary with manually recorded audio: This is something you’ll use daily throughout your Chinese learning journey, so it makes sense to invest in a quality dictionary app. I recommend Plueco or Hanping, as they both offer voice packs with audio recorded by native speakers, plus additional dictionaries and other features. There are many free alternatives, but none is as reliable and convenient. […]

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]]> By: How to learn Chinese characters: My best advice | Hacking Chinese https://www.hackingchinese.com/21-essential-dictionaries-and-corpora-for-learning-chinese/#comment-109380 Tue, 06 Jun 2023 09:07:39 +0000 http://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=3406#comment-109380 […] 21 essential dictionaries and corpora for learning Chinese – There are a ton of dictionaries available for learning Chinese, but which should you use? It depends on what you want to use it for, but Pleco or Hanping is a good start, and both contain many extra dictionary-add-ons. When it comes to web-based dictionaries, Youdao is my favourite. If this is not enough, this article goes into much more detail about various dictionaries and corpora (word banks). […]

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]]> By: Gus Mueller https://www.hackingchinese.com/21-essential-dictionaries-and-corpora-for-learning-chinese/#comment-9843 Sat, 16 Jul 2016 23:48:17 +0000 http://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=3406#comment-9843 In reply to Gus Mueller.

Also http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/Lindict/

Lin Yutang was a pioneer in machine processing of Chinese language; his dictionary in it’s online form is both CE and EC.

]]> By: Nathan Cain https://www.hackingchinese.com/21-essential-dictionaries-and-corpora-for-learning-chinese/#comment-2178 Thu, 30 Oct 2014 01:42:18 +0000 http://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=3406#comment-2178 Ichacha.net almost always has the meaning of a word or phrase when I can’t find it anywhere else.

]]> By: Hacking Chinese: blog review | https://www.hackingchinese.com/21-essential-dictionaries-and-corpora-for-learning-chinese/#comment-2177 Sat, 30 Aug 2014 14:27:09 +0000 http://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=3406#comment-2177 […] Olle also has shared a number of excellent online resources. Some of these resources are helpful for beginners (such as this gem: Chinese Reader Revolution). Some are more helpful for learners at upper-intermediate ability and up (such as, in my opinion, Lang-8). He reviews online dictionaries and their strengths and weaknesses in great depth: Essential Dictionaries and Corpora for Learning Chinese. […]

]]> By: Chinese reading challenge: Read more or die | Hacking Chinese - 揭密中文 https://www.hackingchinese.com/21-essential-dictionaries-and-corpora-for-learning-chinese/#comment-2176 Tue, 07 Jan 2014 13:51:12 +0000 http://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=3406#comment-2176 […] about reading in Chinese: Approaches to reading in Chinese. In case you do need a dictionary, this article contains everything you […]

]]> By: Mike White https://www.hackingchinese.com/21-essential-dictionaries-and-corpora-for-learning-chinese/#comment-2175 Sat, 19 Oct 2013 08:46:15 +0000 http://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=3406#comment-2175 In reply to Olle Linge.

I use Pleco on my iPhone and find it very useful. Wenlin is short of examples and Pleco goes some way to making good that deficiency. One thing I like about Wenlin is that the vocabulary items show the frequency and therefore the usefulness of each “word” using letters A through F, based on the HSK listing. As I said, Wenlin is a work in progress and I am sure that in time it will be an unrivalled online dictionary. I notice errors and omissions from time to time and send lists of suggested improvements to the chief editor (Tom Bishop) who is in charge since the death of John DeFrancis.

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