rezaf Posted February 4, 2011 at 04:34 PM Report Share Posted February 4, 2011 at 04:34 PM Is there any Chinese dictionary that I can use on MacBook? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pancake Posted February 5, 2011 at 09:26 AM Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 at 09:26 AM There's MacKEY. It's quite expensive, and the interface is completely horrible, but it does the job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikelove Posted February 5, 2011 at 09:55 AM Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 at 09:55 AM Wenlin 4.0 just came out - much nicer dictionary than MacKEY, though I'm a bit biased... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rezaf Posted February 9, 2011 at 09:14 AM Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2011 at 09:14 AM thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheridan Posted February 9, 2011 at 02:26 PM Report Share Posted February 9, 2011 at 02:26 PM You can also look at something called TranslateIt (http://mac.gettranslateit.com/), which allows you to load your own dictionaries, many of which can be found through the Stardict site (http://yeelou.com/huzheng/stardict-dic/) and other places. It isn't free either ($50), but very good, I think. Well, I should qualify that: the program is excellent, and the dictionaries are only as good as the ones you load onto it. Also, MDBG has a Mac version, which adds a simplified Chinese-English dictionary into the native Apple dictionary app (http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php?page=chinese_dictionary_mac_osx.) Finally, Xiao Cidian is another great, free dictionary add-on for the native dictionary app. It uses the CC-CEDICT, and is quite helpful (http://xiaocidian.com/). I believe it only allows for traditional characters, though. These are the ones I use (as a beginner), along with Wenlin, and find them quite helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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