PheonixUK Posted November 30, 2005 at 04:03 PM Report Share Posted November 30, 2005 at 04:03 PM Hello Hello I am a British student of Chinese at a beginer level of skill What is a good electronic dictionary? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geraldc Posted November 30, 2005 at 04:48 PM Report Share Posted November 30, 2005 at 04:48 PM As far as I'm concerned you can't go wrong with Plecodict Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malinuo Posted November 30, 2005 at 05:05 PM Report Share Posted November 30, 2005 at 05:05 PM Do you want one for Windows, for MacOS, for Linux, for PocketPC, Palm or a dedicated device? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted November 30, 2005 at 05:23 PM Report Share Posted November 30, 2005 at 05:23 PM Have you read the significant number of threads discussing this already? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PheonixUK Posted December 1, 2005 at 11:12 AM Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2005 at 11:12 AM I was just thinking of a stand-alone electronic dictionary, I have the Oxford Chinese dictionary on my computer but it is a hassle turning it on whenever I want to search for a word Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malinuo Posted December 1, 2005 at 12:57 PM Report Share Posted December 1, 2005 at 12:57 PM Then http://www.pleco.com/plecodict.html is the closest thing I'm aware of. Buy it and load it on a Palm or PocketPC. I did and then threw away my paper edition of Oxford. I'm sure there are also standalone devices that are as good, but I don't have any experience of any myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephanhodges Posted December 1, 2005 at 02:36 PM Report Share Posted December 1, 2005 at 02:36 PM Just for your computer, you also use Dimsum (free at http://www.mandarintools.com) or zdt (free at http://zdt.sourceforge.net/). There's several others like that too. The forums here have a link section with a lot of resources. I also have the Oxford one, and I don't particularly like it's interface. It gets in the way of things. The Babylon Pro (similar to Oxford) interface is really nice, and has several free dictionaries, as well as a large Chinese sayings database that's really interesting, if you want to purchase something. It has a free trial at http://www.babylon.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrianlondon Posted December 1, 2005 at 03:20 PM Report Share Posted December 1, 2005 at 03:20 PM I have a Besta electronic dictionary. They're a Taiwanese company and are designed more for Chinese -> English, but it works enough the other way around. I bought mine in Singapore as they use the same voltage/plugs as we do in the UK http://www.besta.com.sg/history.html It allows me to scribble a character (trad or simplified) and it'll tell me the meaning either in Chinese (which will also give me the pinyin with tones) or straight to English. Very useful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kare Posted December 2, 2005 at 03:39 PM Report Share Posted December 2, 2005 at 03:39 PM This one looks really good: http://www.aacircle.com.au/chinese-dictionary.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobuchan Posted December 3, 2005 at 03:24 AM Report Share Posted December 3, 2005 at 03:24 AM What about Noah Chinese <-> English Electronic Dictionary. It obviously is cheaper than other dictionaries in market,, but i don't know how effective they are. http://cgi.ebay.com/Chinese-Mandarin-Learning-Translator-Dictionary-Learn_W0QQitemZ5836739274QQcategoryZ94864QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Any Comments? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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