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Pleco Chinese Dictionary

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🛠️ Common Pleco Chinese Dictionary Issues and Solutions on iPhone:

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Pleco Chinese Dictionary freezes occasionally

Fix: 1. Force close the app: Double-tap the Home button (or swipe up from the bottom of the screen on iPhones without a Home button) to view all... ⇲

Interface can be too formally structured

Fix: 1. Customize the interface: Explore the settings within Pleco to see if there are options to change the layout or themes. Go to Settings > A... ⇲

Customization issue

Lacks a built-in handwritten character entry method

Fix: 1. Use the iPhone's built-in handwriting feature: Go to Settings > General > Keyboard > Keyboards > Add New Keyboard, and select 'Chinese (H... ⇲

Occasional British English expressions in definitions

Fix: 1. Adjust language settings: Go to Settings within Pleco and check if there are options to select your preferred English variant. If availab... ⇲

Limited vocabulary for slang and dialects

Fix: 1. Use supplementary resources: Consider using additional apps or websites that focus on Chinese slang and dialects. This can provide a broa... ⇲

Advanced words may confuse native speakers

Fix: 1. Use context clues: When encountering advanced words, try to understand them through the context in which they are used. This can help cla... ⇲

UI issue

Some features are not immediately obvious

Fix: 1. Explore the app thoroughly: Spend some time navigating through all the menus and options in Pleco. Familiarize yourself with the layout a... ⇲

Settings issue

No instruction manual for settings

Fix: 1. Explore the settings menu: Take time to go through each section of the settings menu in Pleco. Often, the options are self-explanatory, a... ⇲

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Cost of Subscriptions

Basic Bundle: $29.99 Discounted pack of our most popular add-ons.
Optical Character Recognizer: $9.99 "Live" character recognition system, allowing you to instantly look up Chinese characters and words simply by pointing your phone's camera on them.
Flashcard System: $9.99 System for creating and testing yourself on lists of Chinese vocabulary, including self-scored, multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blanks test modes, and a full-featured Spaced Repetition (SRS) system. Also adds support for user-created dictionary databases.
Enhanced Handwriting: $9.99 Better accuracy + more characters
Professional Bundle: $59.99 Larger set of features plus 6 dictionaries.
Stroke Order Diagrams: $4.99 Animations showing the correct stroke order for approximately 20,000 Chinese characters; also adds experimental support for listing character components (and other characters containing those components).
Document Reader: $9.99 Built-in document reader, allowing you to instantly look up characters in text files and (via the clipboard) in HTML documents, Microsoft Word (.doc) documents, and web pages.
A Student's Dictionary of Classical and Medieval Chinese: $39.99 Chinese-English dictionary of pre-modern Chinese, with 8000 entries to help reading texts from the Warring States period through the Tang dynasty.
Integrate Purchases: $0.00 Combine purchases from other accounts
Mandarin Audio (male): $4.99 Recordings of single Mandarin syllables from a male speaker. After purchasing this item, you'll be able to download the (very large) extended version, with individual recordings for about 34,000 words, as a free add-on.