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Pleco Chinese Dictionary

Pleco Chinese Dictionary

Android Pleco
4.6 Popularity

Addictive Chinese learning app with great dictionaries

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Updated
June 8, 2025
Age Rating
Everyone
Developer
Package Name
com.pleco.chinesesystem

So here's my honest take on Pleco. I've tested a bunch of Chinese learning apps and this one's definitely one of the best. The dictionaries are super comprehensive, with tons of words and example sentences. And the handwriting recognition works great too, way better than some other apps I've tried. The only downside is the ads can get annoying if you don't pay for the upgrade. But overall, it's a really polished, feature-packed app that makes learning Chinese way easier. I'd recommend it to anyone serious about studying the language.

Manya Lyalya
AUTHOR: Manya Lyalya Editor, Grand Screen

Pros

  • Tons of great dictionaries and learning resources
  • Handwriting recognition is super accurate and helpful
  • Free to download, don't have to pay to access core features
  • Graphics and UI are clean and easy to navigate

Cons

  • Ads can be annoying if you don't pay for the upgrade
  • Some of the advanced features are hidden and not pretty intuitive
  • Might be overwhelming for complete beginners
GOOGLE PLAY SCORE
4.6 /5
based on 44,004 reviews
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Description

Been using Pleco Chinese Dictionary for a couple months now. It’s basically an all-in-one app for learning Chinese – it’s got dictionaries, flashcards, handwriting recognition, and more. Pretty solid if you’re into language learning.

Here’s what you can do: lookup words, read example sentences, practice writing characters, and even take pictures of text to translate. There’s also a cool feature where you can draw characters on the screen to look them up. Took me a while to figure that one out but it’s super useful.

Look, if you’re studying Chinese, you’ll probably love this app. It’s not perfect – there’s some ads if you don’t pay – but overall it does the job really well. Worth checking out for sure.

User Reviews

Jean Despres October 15, 2025

Excellent in many ways, but.... I bought the flashcard add-on recently, and still haven't been able to figure it out, in spite of hours deep diving into the very, very,...

Mike Ash worth October 15, 2025

Absolutely amazing. Every word is read slowly by Chinese speakers. For the majority of words there are example sentences which can be read out in an artificial voice. you can...

Karkinos 532 October 15, 2025

Brilliant dictionary and translator. The stroke order was the selling point for me, but the ability to translate from pinying to characters and vice versa is excellent. (from an absolute...

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