wenlin AlternativesDictionaries and other similar apps like wenlin

wenlin is described as 'Wenlin software makes learning Chinese easier and more interesting, for begining students, life-long speakers, and scholars alike. It combines a comprehensive Chinese dictionary, a Unicode text editor, and flashcards. For MS-Windows and Macintosh' and is a Dictionary in the education & reference category. There are more than 10 alternatives to wenlin for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Android, iPhone, Android Tablet and iPad apps. The best wenlin alternative is Syng, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like wenlin are Hanzi Deck, Pleco, MDBG English to Chinese dictionary and ChineseSkill.

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  1. Syng icon
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    Syng is a free, open source, cross platform Chinese to English dictionary and study toolset made for the desktop operating systems.

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  2. Hanzi Deck icon
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    Hanzi Deck is a Chinese character learning app designed to help you master strokes writing, memorize, and build vocabulary at your own pace and choice.

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Android
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  3. Pleco icon
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    Pleco is the ultimate Chinese learning companion - an integrated Chinese English dictionary / document reader / flashcard system with fullscreen handwriting input and live camera-based character lookups, from a company with 15 years' experience making mobile Chinese learning...

    19 Pleco alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  4. This website offers more than just a dictionary, it offers various tools such as: flashcards, quizzes, text annotation, Chinese text input and more. The MDBG dictionary is used in many schools and universities all over the world, discover why!.

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Facebook
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  5. ChineseSkill icon
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    Chinese language has and does deserve its notoriety for heartbreaking difficulty. If that wasn’t bad enough, most of the resources available for learning Mandarin Chinese are expensive, and time-consuming.

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  6. Youdao is a search engine released by Chinese internet leviathan, NetEase in 2007. It is the featured search engine of its parent company's web portal, 163.com, and lets users search for web pages, images, news, music, blogs, Chinese-to-English dictionary entries, and more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
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  7. DimSum icon
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    DimSum: a program designed to help you learn and use Chinese.

    Many people have requested versions of the tools on this website that can be run locally. DimSum is the answer to these requests. Im currently integrating most of the tools on the website into one package: DimSum. Ri.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  8. Perapera Chinese is a pop-up dictionary and study tool for Chinese, which uses the public domain Chinese-English dictionary CC-CEDICT. It works as a free add-on for Firefox and Chrome.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
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  9. Nciku icon
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    English Chinese dictionary, help learning Chinese language, Chinese character, and Chinese pinyin. Dictionary with Chinese handwriting recognition, pinyin translation, audio Chinese words pronunciation and mandarin MP3 making.

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  10. Hanping is Android & iOS's most user-friendly offline dictionary for learning Chinese. Includes handwriting recognition, native speaker audio, stroke animations, hanzi decomposition, AnkiDroid integration, tablet support and much more. A Cantonese variant is also available.

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android Tablet
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  11. Free online dictionary with suggestions of words that start / end with searched character. Requires that you turn ad blockers off.

    14 YellowBridge alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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