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Pleco Chinese Dictionary

Ch 117.1of 39 Online Dictionaries
  1. 1Runs onAndroid, iOS
  2. 2CostsFree plan
  3. 3Audio pronunciationYes
  4. 4Usage examplesYes
  5. 5Translation lookupYes
  6. 6Offline accessYes
  7. 7Mobile appsios android
  8. 8Languages covered2
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Overview

Pleco Chinese Dictionary is ranked #11 of 39 in online dictionaries on Specifiction. It runs on Android, iOS. There is a free plan.

Pleco Chinese Dictionary plans and pricing

All plans
Free Version Free Basic dictionary search · handwriting · included dictionaries · limited reader, audio, and flashcards pleco.com · 7 Oct 2026
Basic Bundle (iPhone/iPad) $29.99 once One-time purchase OCR · flashcards · stroke order diagrams · document reader · Mandarin audio · Kai font · Oxford Chinese Dictionary pleco.com · 7 Oct 2026
Basic Bundle (Android) $29.99 once One-time purchase OCR · flashcards · stroke order diagrams · document reader · Mandarin audio · Kai font · Oxford Chinese Dictionary pleco.com · 7 Oct 2026
Professional Bundle (iPhone/iPad) $59.99 once One-time purchase Basic Bundle features · Oxford, ABC, New Century, Tuttle, and Guifan dictionaries · male TTS voice pleco.com · 7 Oct 2026
Professional Bundle (Android) $59.99 once One-time purchase Basic Bundle features · Oxford, ABC, New Century, Tuttle, and Guifan dictionaries · male TTS voice pleco.com · 7 Oct 2026

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Free plan
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Audio pronunciation
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Usage examples
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Translation lookup
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Offline access
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Mobile apps
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Languages covered
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Facts

Product
Pleco is an all-in-one Chinese dictionary, flashcard, and document-reading app offered for iPhone/iPad and Android.pleco.com · 7 Oct 2026
OCR
The app can look up Chinese words through the camera or from text in a still image.pleco.com · 7 Oct 2026
Handwriting
Users can look up words by drawing Chinese characters, and the maker describes its recognition as tolerant of stroke-order mistakes.pleco.com · 7 Oct 2026
Dictionaries
The iOS app includes CC-CEDICT and the PLC dictionary, with additional free and paid dictionaries, including licensed titles from major publishers.pleco.com · 7 Oct 2026
Search
Search supports Chinese characters, Pinyin, English, wildcards, and full-text lookup, with merged frequency-sorted results.pleco.com · 7 Oct 2026
Flashcards
The flashcard system supports creating cards from dictionary entries, importing word lists, spaced repetition, and study modes such as tone drills.pleco.com · 7 Oct 2026
Document formats
The upgraded iOS document reader supports text, HTML, DOC, DOCX, PDF, and EPUB files; the Android reader opens text and PDF files and supports lookup from web pages and clipboard content.pleco.com · 7 Oct 2026
Audio
Pleco provides Mandarin and Cantonese audio support, including native-speaker Mandarin recordings for more than 34,000 words on Android.pleco.com · 7 Oct 2026
Stroke order
The free app includes stroke-order animations for 500 characters, with 28,000 available in the paid add-on.pleco.com · 7 Oct 2026
Compatibility
The maker says downloaded dictionaries and features let the app run without an internet connection after download.pleco.com · 7 Oct 2026
Integrations
On Android, a floating screen-reader interface can tap-lookup Chinese words in other apps.pleco.com · 7 Oct 2026
Ads and billing
The maker says the app has no ads or subscriptions and that paid add-ons are one-time purchases.pleco.com · 7 Oct 2026
Privacy
Pleco’s privacy policy says it does not share personal information with Apple or Google and does not share information with third parties or affiliates for marketing.pleco.com · 7 Oct 2026
Support
Pleco says users can contact support by email and that it reads every message and replies within a couple of business days.pleco.com · 7 Oct 2026
Platforms and requirements
The maker lists iOS 15.6 or later and Android 9 or later on 64-bit devices as system requirements.pleco.com · 7 Oct 2026

Company

Founded
2000pleco.com · 28 Sept 2026

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