🇭🇰 A proper Cantonese dictionary — not Mandarin in disguise
This is a true Cantonese dictionary.
Most “Cantonese” apps on Google Play are actually Mandarin dictionaries with Cantonese pronunciation, which is probably not what you want.
If you’re looking for our Mandarin app, please see Hanping Chinese Dictionary.
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Main features:
★ Uses best-in-class Cantodict data as the base dictionary
★ Over 6,000 example sentences covering 3,000+ common words
★ Search by Hanzi / Chinese, Jyutping, Yale or English
★ Supports both Simplified and Traditional Chinese characters
★ Jyutping or Yale pronunciation throughout
★ Coloring by tone for Hanzi, Jyutping or Yale
★ Native-speaker audio for every Cantonese syllable
🔒 AI voice recordings for example sentences — 2 voice add-ons (male & female; 7,613 sentences each) — preview and buy from Add-ons screen.
Character learning:
★ Built-in Chinese handwriting recognition
★ Stroke animations (800+ free, 8,700+ via optional in-app purchase)
★ Character decompositions for the top 10,000 characters
★ Over 1,000 phonetic groups covering 6,000+ characters
Study & vocabulary tools:
★ Starred words, word lists and search history
★ AnkiDroid flashcards support
• Bulk export
• Auto-export when a word is starred
• Xiaomi users: see permission notes on our website
★ Enter long Chinese text to get instant romanization and an automatic vocabulary list
★ Custom searches using wildcards
Translation & integrations:
★ One-tap sentence translation (Google Translate app required)
★ Translations can be stored with starred words
★ Useful external links: Skritter, HanziCraft, Youdao, Google Translate
★ Seamless integration with Hanping Chinese Camera and Hanping Chinese Popup
★ Quick Settings tile to toggle clipboard monitoring on/off
Performance & usability:
★ Offline access to all core features (unless stated otherwise)
★ Live search — results update as you type
★ Progressive results — deeper searches load automatically as you scroll
★ Home screen widgets for reviewing favorite words
★ Night mode (black background)
★ Simple, fast and intuitive UI
Extras:
★ Backup / restore starred words, search history and preferences
★ Voice recognition (online only, supported devices only)
★ No ads!
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Permissions are explained in our FAQ:
https://hanpingchinese.com/faq/#permissions-dict