Youdao Dictionary AlternativesDictionaries and other similar apps like Youdao Dictionary

Youdao Dictionary is described as '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' and is a Dictionary in the education & reference category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Youdao Dictionary for a variety of platforms, including iPad, iPhone, Android Tablet, Android and Mac apps. The best Youdao Dictionary alternative is Eudic, which is free. Other great apps like Youdao Dictionary are Syng, wenlin, Pleco and MDBG English to Chinese dictionary.

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  1. Eudic icon
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    The Eudict is an essential reference software for English learners. It starts quickly, has a full range of features, is ad-free, and provides an uninterrupted experience. With a massive expandable vocabulary library and customizable editing, it supports translations in multiple...

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android Tablet
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  2. 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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  3. wenlin icon
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    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.

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. 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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  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.

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  8. 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
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    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android Tablet
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  9. OpenMDict icon
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    Open-source iOS dictionary reader supports simultaneous multi-dictionary viewing with columns, grid, and list modes, pop-up lookups from any app, jump search within definitions, unlimited imports and groups, iCloud sync, curated dictionaries, and no ads or paid tiers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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

    14 YellowBridge alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  11. HanziStroke is a Chinese character learning site that shows you exactly how to write any character, stroke by stroke.

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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