I built an Android application for Francophone learners

[dictware]

French-English-Chinese Dictionary (FECD) is a concise trilingual dictionary for Android and Babylon. You can enter a French word to search for the equivalent English and Chinese words, and vice versa.

http://www.italian.org.cn/app/
http://www.dictware.co.nf/
 

 

[889]

A bit frustrating to use, because many Android keyboards automatically capitalise the initial letter, and your app will only find rouge not Rouge. (Your inbuilt keyboard is too small to use.)

 

Also, the definitions are sparse as can be. Yet if I search on a simple single character like 高 or 地 I don't get a definition for that single character, but a long list of two- and three-character terms that include the character.

[dictware]

Thank you for your comments. The dictionary is minimalistic or googlish (similar to Google Translate, 1 FR <--> 1 CN). 

[dictware]

To 889: Yes, the dictionary doesn't include single characters such as 高 or 地, because every single character has many many many meanings. It is technically difficult to deal with them.

[889]

"It is technically difficult to deal with them."

 

Really? At the basic level of those beginning their Chinese studies, most common characters can be reduced to simple one- or two-word definitions. Certainly not complete, but a useful learning device nonetheless to tie each character to a word or two. It would seem to fit in well with the minimalist approach of your dictionary.

 

(You do define some single characters, but if I search 看，for example, I have to scroll down through various two-character words before I reach the single-character definition. On a search for a single character, the single-character definition should be at the top of the results.)

 

[roddy]

If it's for Francophone learners, why am I seeing the French pronunciation but no pinyin?