Pleco Chinese Dictionary for PC

★ ★ ★ Pleco Chinese Dictionary Overview

What is Pleco Chinese Dictionary? Pleco is a comprehensive Chinese learning app that includes an integrated dictionary, document reader, and flashcard system. It offers amazing dictionaries, powerful merged search, links and cross-references, gorgeous typography, and audio support. The app is PRC/HK/Taiwan-friendly and supports both traditional and simplified characters. It also includes OCR, fullscreen handwriting, stroke order diagrams, and user dictionaries. The app has no ads and offers excellent customer support.

Software Features and Description

1. • Links and cross-references: easily look up character components, break down words into individual characters, look up lists of words containing a particular character, and search across all dictionaries for example sentences containing a word.

2. More than two dozen other dictionaries are available as free and paid ($) add-ons, including licensed titles from well-known publishers like Oxford, Longman, FLTRP, Tuttle, SLPH, and Commercial Press.

3. Paid add-ons can be transferred to other devices that link to your iTunes account just like any other paid iTunes content; simply install our free app, open up the "Add-ons" screen, and tap on the "Restore Purchases" button to activate your purchase on each device.

4. Pleco is the ultimate Chinese learning companion: an integrated dictionary / document reader / flashcard system with fullscreen handwriting input and live OCR, from a company that's been making the world's best mobile Chinese learning apps since 2001.

5. We offer two free built-in dictionaries: the popular open-source CC-CEDICT, with over 110,000 frequently-updated entries, and our own PLC dictionary, with 125,000 entries, parts of speech, and over 25,000 example sentences (with Pinyin).

6. • Powerful merged search: look up words by Chinese characters, Pinyin (spaces / tones optional), or English, with support for wildcards and full-text search.

7. • Audio: Hear Mandarin and Cantonese for words and example sentences using iOS' free built-in text-to-speech system.

8. • Flashcards: create a card from any dictionary entry with a single button tap, import premade word lists, use advanced memorization techniques like SRS, and study in a variety of modes including fill-in-the-blanks handwriting and tone drills.

9. We also offer famously excellent customer support and an active user community at And we're constantly working to make our products better; our sales and customer base have been growing for two decades across 4 different platforms.

10. • PRC/HK/Taiwan-friendly: every part of Pleco supports both traditional and simplified, headword readings can be shown in Pinyin and Zhuyin, and some dictionaries even support Cantonese.

11. • User dictionaries: create new dictionary entries right on your device as you encounter new words.

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Download and install Pleco Chinese Dictionary on your computer

GET Compatible PC App

App	Download	Rating	Maker
Pleco Chinese Dictionary	Get App ↲	1,658 4.74	Pleco Inc.

Or follow the guide below to use on PC:

Select Windows version:

Windows 10
Windows 11

Install Pleco Chinese Dictionary app on your Windows in 4 steps below:

Download an Android emulator for PC:
Get either Bluestacks or the Nox App >> . We recommend Bluestacks because you can easily find solutions online if you run into problems while using it. Download Bluestacks PC software Here >> .

Install the emulator:
On your computer, goto the Downloads folder » click to install Bluestacks.exe or Nox.exe » Accept the License Agreements » Follow the on-screen prompts to complete installation.

Using Pleco Chinese Dictionary on PC [Windows 10/ 11]:

Open the Emulator app you installed » goto its search bar and search "Pleco Chinese Dictionary"
The search will reveal the Pleco Chinese Dictionary app icon. Open, then click "Install".
Once Pleco Chinese Dictionary is downloaded inside the emulator, locate/click the "All apps" icon to access a page containing all your installed applications including Pleco Chinese Dictionary.
Now enjoy Pleco Chinese Dictionary on PC.

Download a Compatible APK for PC

Download	Developer	Rating	Current version
Get APK for PC →	Pleco Inc.	4.74	3.2.74

Get Pleco Chinese Dictionary on Apple macOS

Download	Developer	Reviews	Rating
Get Free on Mac	Pleco Inc.	1658	4.74

Download on Android: Download Android

Pleco Chinese Dictionary functions

- Two free built-in dictionaries: CC-CEDICT and PLC dictionary

- More than two dozen other dictionaries available as free and paid add-ons

- Powerful merged search with support for wildcards and full-text search

- Links and cross-references for character components and lists of words

- Gorgeous typography with alternate Kai/Song/Xing-style Chinese fonts available as paid add-ons

- PRC/HK/Taiwan-friendly with support for traditional and simplified characters, Pinyin, Zhuyin, and Cantonese

- Audio support with Mandarin and Cantonese using iOS' built-in text-to-speech system

- Document Reader with support for text, HTML, DOC, DOCX, PDF, and EPUB files as paid add-ons

- OCR for looking up words by pointing the device's camera at them or tapping on them in a still image as a paid add-on

- Fullscreen handwriting with highly accurate and tolerant of stroke order mistakes as a paid add-on

- Flashcards with advanced memorization techniques like SRS and study modes including fill-in-the-blanks handwriting and tone drills as a paid add-on

- Stroke Order Diagrams with animations showing how to draw each character; 500 characters for free and 28,000 in paid version

- User dictionaries for creating new dictionary entries on the device as new words are encountered as a paid add-on

- No ads

- Excellent customer support and active user community

- Paid add-ons can be transferred to other devices linked to the iTunes account

✔ Pros:

- The OCR reader is an excellent feature for studying Chinese.

- The document reader and flashcard system are very useful add-ons.

- The app is comprehensive and well-designed, with multiple explanations and definitions for each word.

- The clipboard reader makes it easy to look up words in a long paragraph.

- The add-on for character stroke order is a great feature.

- The app is invaluable for quickly looking up words, reducing the time it takes to look up a single character in a paper dictionary to instants.

- The app has been available for over 15 years and continues to be useful for language learners.

☹ Cons:

- No cons mentioned in the review.

Top Pcmac Reviews

Best app I’ve ever purchased

By JimothyTwoTeeth, MD (Pcmac user)

I bought the Basic Add-on Bundle about 3 years ago. I bought it while in China purely for the OCR reader, and didn’t give much thought to the other add-one. Since then, I’ve continued learning Mandarin in my free time and I’ve come to realize one thing; when I’m studying, this app is absolutely irreplaceable. Even when I’m studying using a completely different resource, I always have this app pulled up. Even when I’m not studying, I find myself pulling up the app at least a couple times per day. I have got so much use out of it that I have no doubt in mind that it was money well spent. I’ve used it for hours upon hours, for years, and for what? For a ONE TIME payment of like $30 or w/e? Wish I didn’t buy it just so I could go buy it again lol (jk, to be clear) I could go on and on about the numerous sweet functions, but I don’t want to write a novel. I do have to give the flash card add-on a special shout out, though. It’s much better than ANY dedicated flash card app (yes, including anki!) If you’re even remotely considering buying the full version of this, DO IT. I 100% guarantee you won’t regret it.
Top notch dictionary for the aspiring Chinese learner

By Frederick Twigg (Pcmac user)

This dictionary is easily the best dictionary to have in hand when studying Chinese. I used the basic free version for 2 years as my constant reference for both summers in spent traveling in China and for language studies while on the bus, in a coffee shop, or listening to podcasts in Chinese. After adding the basic paid features package, I get even more out of the app. Particularly the document reader and flash card system are my most frequently used add-ons. It's great to just snap a picture and have instant access to just tap on a character and see the translation. Great for help with restaurant menus, short articles, and signage. It made 上海博物館 much more enjoyable. Finally, I'll add that I love that the the app team is constantly improving their app. The singular complaint that had sent me to other sources in the past was the lack of parts of speech, and the occasional lack of example sentences for some less common words; making it hard to understand without the sufficient context. With the newest update of the freely provided dictionary, parts of speech are being added with further example sentences! the app is easily the first choice of Chinese -English dictionary for any user at any price point. About me: Intermediate Chinese Level Primarily a self-studied learner with the great help of podcasts and apps like the app! the app user for more than 3 years (I think?)
Best Chinese Dictionary App

By Codyfox117 (Pcmac user)

I have searched through dozens of apps to aid me in learning Mandarin. I have ended up using this app more than any other. In my opinion, it is the most comprehensive and well designed dictionary app I’ve been able to find. Three of my favorite features are, 1: The multiple explanations and definitions for each word, 2: The clipboard reader, where I can easily look up words in a long paragraph, 3: The add-on for character stroke order. Keep it up the app! Note to developer: For the most part I really like the design of the app. However, one thought I’d like to mention is that sometimes all the definitions for a word start to run together. Myself and others have noted that it could be helpful to have a graphical design hierarchy that makes it easier to differentiate the various definitions, especially when there are many. Thanks for the app!
The best. A must-have for the Sino学生

By Dialextic (Pcmac user)

I give this 10,000 stars. I began using the paid version of the app in college on a Palm Pilot over 15 years ago, just about as long as the app has been available, and I still study the language and continue to use this app. This app changes how quickly you can look up words, reducing the (sometimes futile) 10-minutes-long ordeal of looking up a single character in a paper dictionary, to instants. That function alone makes the app invaluable. Being able to see the radicals and their respective meanings is also supremely useful. Everything that has been added since is bonus — the reader, the etymology, the flashcards. Throughout the years I’ve encountered remarkably few bugs, and I have always been easily able to transfer my the app registration to every platform/smartphone I have used.