Hanping Chinese Dictionary (& Cantonese app) 10.5 Released
This release makes Hanping start faster, and the History screen with it Faster app launch, and History no longer slows down the longer you use the app
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Hanping Chinese Dictionary (& Cantonese app) 10.4 Released
This release replaces the side menu with bottom navigation: four tabs, Search, Vocab, Reader and More, always one tap away
Hanping Chinese Dictionary (& Cantonese app) 10.3 Released
This release adds Display options: the settings that change how words look, right in the app bar
Hanping Chinese Dictionary (& Cantonese app) 10.2 Released
The headline feature of this release is the Screen Reader, in both apps on Android: it reads the Chinese in whatever another app is showing
Hanping Chinese Dictionary (& Cantonese app) 10.1 Released
The headline feature of this release is the Image Reader, in both apps, on Android and iOS
Hanping Chinese Dictionary (& Cantonese app) 10.0 Released
The headline feature of this release is the Document Reader, in both apps Document Reader Paste some Chinese text, or open a
Hanping Chinese Dictionary (& Cantonese app) 9.7 Released
The headline feature of this release is Cloud Backup, in both apps Hanping Chinese Dictionary also gets Taiwan pronunciations and the TOCFL word list
Hanping Chinese Dictionary (& Cantonese app) 9.6 Released
This release gives a much improved English search experience In the following screenshot, notice how the word "judge" does not appear in the meaning
Hanping Chinese Dictionary (& Cantonese app) 9.5 Released
There are eight new AI voice add-ons for Mandarin (Hanping and ABC packs) and four new AI voice add-ons for Cantonese (CantoDict and Words
Hanping Chinese Dictionary (& Cantonese app) 9.4 Released
This release brings full tablet (and large screen) support
Hanping Chinese Dictionary (& Cantonese app) 9.3 Released
This release focuses on UI improvements and dictionary data updates
Hanping Chinese Dictionary (& Cantonese app) 9.2 Released
This release focuses on smoother navigation and improved input-method usability
Hanping Chinese Dictionary (& Cantonese app) 9.1 Released
This release focuses on enhanced sentence support and translation features
Hanping Chinese Dictionary (& Cantonese app) 9.0 Released on iOS!
Hanping Chinese Dictionary (FREE) and Hanping Cantonese Dictionary (PAID) now available on iOS
Hanping Chinese Dictionary (& Cantonese app) 8.18 Released
Replaced old "samples" lists with 20 general vocab lists covering about 1,000 words, each sorted by word frequency Bug fixes Get it on Google Play: and Pleas...
Hanping Chinese Dictionary (& Cantonese app) 8.17 Released
Easier to build word lists: Untag multiple words at once Copy/move multiple words from one tag list to another Tag multiple words directly from History scree...
Hanping Chinese Dictionary (& Cantonese app) 8.16 Released
New history screen! Show pinyin, meaning as well as stars, tags and HSK level Improved how history items are grouped within a date Just like before, you can ...
Hanping Chinese Camera 2.12 Released
Android 16 support Bug fixes Get it on Google Play: Please contact us with your feedback....
Hanping Chinese Popup 1.9 Released
Android 16 support Bug fixes Get it on Google Play: Please contact us with your feedback....
Hanping Chinese Dictionary (& Cantonese app) 8.15 Released
Performance improvements Bug fixes Get it on Google Play: and Please contact us with your feedback....
Hanping Chinese Dictionary (& Cantonese app) 8.14 Released
Tweaked theming especially in light mode Improved English search suggestion buttons Soundboard Syllables & Tone Pairs screens uses tone coloring Android 16 c...
Hanping Chinese Dictionary (& Cantonese app) 8.13 Released
Add drag-drop support for reordering a user word list (UPDATE: smoother UI when reordering items in v8
Hanping Chinese Dictionary (& Cantonese app) 8.12 Released
Hanzi Decomposition - see the breakdown of the top 10k characters, including which component is the radical, and which indicates the pronunciation (where app...
Hanping Chinese Dictionary (& Cantonese app) 8.11 Released
Added Phonetic Relatives when viewing single character headwords Phonetic Relative: A character that shares the same phonetic component as the headword
Hanping Chinese Popup 1.8 Released
Better Android 14 support Use Quick Settings Tile to hide/show cursor Bug fixes Get it on Google Play: Please contact us with your feedback....
Hanping Chinese Dictionary (& Cantonese app) 8.9 Released
Added support for Predictive Back navigation (Android 15+) Fixed bug where UI would always reset when relaunching the app Fixed issue when importing user dat...
Hanping Chinese Dictionary (& Cantonese app) 8.8 Released
Handwriting UI tweaks Fixed Back button behavior which was closing search results before handwriting/radicals No longer check other dict app for Strokes enti...
Hanping Chinese Dictionary (& Cantonese app) 8.7 Released
These changes mostly affect the Mandarin app (Hanping Chinese Dictionary) regarding the HSK exam vocab lists
Hanping Chinese Camera 2.11 Released
Improvements under the hood Bug fixes Get it on Google Play: Please contact us with your feedback....
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro is now FREE
Introduction We're excited to announce that Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro is now FREE for everyone
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro (& Cantonese app) 8.6 Released
Mostly just internal changes in this update: Improved support for Android 15 If you had any Hanping home screen widgets, they need to be re-added
Hanping Chinese Camera 2.10 Released
Migrated to new Android Photo Picker Bug fixes Get it on Google Play: Please contact us with your feedback....
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro (& Cantonese app) 8.5 Released
Added Hanzi Info dialog accessible from overflow menu or by long tap on single character headword
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro (& Cantonese app) 8.4 Released
This update addresses various features related to phonetics
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro (& Cantonese app) 8.3 Released
Choose between Google Translate and Microsoft Translator (see Chinese Settings) for generic translations (when clicking on translate icon) Quick access to tr...
Hanping Chinese Popup 1.7 released
This version is only for Android 14 and higher Older Android versions use the 1
Hanping Chinese Camera 2.9 Released
Launching dictionary app, now shows word popup (Pro only) Better Android 14 support Get it on Google Play: Please contact us with your feedback....
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro (& Cantonese app) 8.2 Released
Added support for Hanping Accounts in order to have a single place to store your Hanping purchases (app purchases and in-app purchases)
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro (& Cantonese app) 8.1 Released
Added support for drag-and-drop text from other apps to Hanping (e split screen mode)
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro (& Cantonese app) 8.0 Released
Major improvements to the popups showing Chinese word details as well as Chinese/English search results
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro (& Cantonese app) 7.13 Released
Main changes: Improved how radicals/handwriting integrates with UI More robust UI navigation Some widget fixes Fixed issue with ABC plugins Bug fixes Get it ...
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro (& Cantonese app) 7.12 Released
Main changes: Better english/phonetic search disambiguation Handwriting UI fixes - added more tap area to four corner buttons. Also, strokes no longer lost o...
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro (& Cantonese app) 7.11 Released
This replaces the old behavior which was to show all the sub-words starting from that character
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro (& Cantonese app) 7.10 Released
The two Meiqi Voice add-ons have been combined into one Simplified Add-ons screen
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro (& Cantonese app) 7.9 Released
Main changes: Major improvements to Phonetic/English search disambiguation Moved search language button to below search box Improved Part Of Speech dialog Fi...
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro (& Cantonese app) 7.8 Released
Main changes: Fixed long-standing issue with some third-party keyboards (e.g. Message Ease) Other bug fixes regarding restoring search when returning to app ...
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro (& Cantonese app) 7.7 Released
Now, a list of selectable child tag is shown in a single Popup Fixed Voice Recognition (Cantonese app) which was using Mandarin (Taiwan) as default language ...
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro (& Cantonese app) 7.6 Released
This update continues with lots of changes under-the-hood which are important for the long-term future of the app
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro (& Cantonese app) 7.5 Released
This update fixes a long-standing issue which you may or may not have noticed
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro (& Cantonese app) 7.4 Released
This update focuses on refreshing the UI on many of the secondary screens including Settings, Soundboard, Add-ons, Handwriting, Radicals screens etc
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro (& Cantonese app) 7.3 Released
This update mostly focuses on changes under the hood to bring stability to the way user preferences are stored
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro & Hanping Cantonese Dictionary reach 35k and 5k downloads respectively
Some days bring nice coincidences
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro (& Cantonese app) 7.2 Released
Made some improvements to the tagging system
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Lite 6.12 Released
Updated the Lite version to bring support for 64-bit-only devices (e
Hanping Chinese Camera 2.8.8 released
Dark theme, and follow-system-theme support Bug fixes Get it on Google Play:...
Hanping Chinese Popup 1.6.13 released
Dark theme, and follow-system-theme support Bug fixes Get it on Google Play:...
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro (& Cantonese app) 7.1 Released
This is a minor update that fixes several bugs and updated dictionary data In the Mandarin app () we have also added HSK 3
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro (& Cantonese app) 7.0 Released
This is a major update that brings a much more powerful search engine (especially for English searches) as well as more useful search results – decomposition...
MIUI 11 unable to grant AnkiDroid permission to Hanping Chinese Pro?
For any of you running MIUI 11 (which is the system running on most Xiaomi devices released in the past couple of years), you might have experienced an issue...
Hanping Chinese Dictionary is 10 years old today!
Hanping Chinese Dictionary, I say Is 10 years old today More updates on the way Wishing Happy Birthday
Hanping Chinese Camera 2.8 released
Updated recognition engine Bug fixes Get it on Google Play:...
Hanping Chinese Dictionary (Pro, Lite & Cantonese) 6.11 released
Added support for pinyin/jyutping abbreviation search Now you can type "wsm" or "wshm" instead of "weishenme" for faster lookups
Hanping Chinese Popup 1.6 released
Updated recognition engine Fixed Quick Settings Tile state Long-tap on copy button was not working Other bug fixes Get it on Google Play:...
Hanping Chinese Dictionary (Pro, Lite & Cantonese) 6.10 released
This is a minor update including: Updated dictionary, examples and stroke data Accessibility improvements Nice animation in search box Several bug fixes Avai...
Hanping Chinese Dictionary (Pro, Lite & Cantonese) 6.9 released
This update is for Android Marshmallow 6 0 and later
Hanping Chinese Dictionary (Pro, Lite & Cantonese) 6.8 released
This update is for Android Marshmallow 6 0 and later Added Import User Vocab feature to allow bulk import of words into your custom tags
Hanping Chinese Dictionary (Pro, Lite & Cantonese) 6.7 released
More export options (long-tap on tag in Tags tab)
Hanping Cantonese Dictionary 6.6 released
Updated Cantodict dictionary data and example sentences Get it on Google Play:...
Hanping Chinese Dictionary (Pro & Lite) 6.6 released
Added thousands of example sentences (provided by TutorMandarin) In total, over 5,000 example sentences, and over 5,000 words have at least one example sente...
Hanping Chinese Dictionary (Pro, Lite & Cantonese) 6.5 released
Updated ABC dictionaries and formatting - please go to Add Ons screen to perform update (Hanping Pro only) Added part-of-speech to ABC brief definitions (e
Hanping Chinese Dictionary (Pro, Lite & Cantonese) 6.4 released
We've made it easier to hear all the Chinese sounds by adding a Soundboard (accessible from the left Navigation drawer) to the Hanping dictionary apps
Hanping Chinese Camera 2.6 and Popup 1.3 released
Added support for Hanping Dictionary's new Notes feature
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro/Lite & Cantonese 6.3 released!
Add notes to any word - this allows you to add your own translations/meanings/comments to any word regardless of whether it is already in a dictionary or not...
Hanping Chinese Popup 1.2 released
Popup shows tags (e.g. "hsk 1", custom tags etc) Long-press star icon to assign custom tags Bug fix: properly detect characters against left edge Added butto...
Hanping Chinese Dictionary (Pro, Lite & Cantonese) 6.2 released
Tag from within clipboard notifications (Android N) Improved clipboard notification styling (choose between old Hanping style and new System style in Hanping...
Hanping Chinese Camera 2.5.2 released
This is a minor update
Hanping Cantonese Dictionary Pro 6.1.2 released
Added toolbar to homescreen widgets allowing you to star/copy/play words Also randomization is now better persisted
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro/Lite 6.1 (& 6.1.1, 6.1.2) released
Added toolbar to homescreen widgets allowing you to star/copy/play words Also randomization is now better persisted
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro/Lite 6.0.4/6.0.5 released
Better support for HSK alternative pronunciations Some bug fixes Available from the Google Play Store...
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro/Lite & Hanping Cantonese Dictionary 6.0.3 released
Several bug fixes (mostly concerning improved tagging feature)
Hanping Cantonese Dictionary 6.0.1 released
Much improved starring/tagging system No longer need to star a word to tag it Custom tags (corresponding to the word) shown on main Details screen beneath he...
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro/Lite 6.0.1 released
Much improved starring/tagging system No longer need to star a word to tag it Custom tags (corresponding to the word) shown on main Details screen beneath he...
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 5.2 released
New audio add-on (paid) for HSK6 multi-syllable words (2300+ recordings): Meiqi HSK6
Hanping Chinese Camera 2.4.3 released
This is a minor update: Fixed problem (Android 7 1) regarding Launch Camera App Note: 2
Hanping Chinese Popup 1.1.11 released
This fixes a bug where the soft keyboard would close as soon as the popup window (showing the Chinese headword & definition) appeared
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro & Lite 5.1 & 5.1.1 released
We've teamed up with The Chairman's Bao (TCB) (an online Chinese newspaper aimed at people learning Mandarin Chinese) to bring more example sentences to Hanp...
Hanping Cantonese Dictionary 5.1 & 5.1.1 released
CantoDict examples sentences Minor bug fixes
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro/Lite/Cantonese 5.0 released
This is a major update bringing a new beautiful font where 9501 characters can be animated
Hanping Chinese Popup 1.1.4/5 released
Added support for Android N Quick Settings Tile (version 1 5) Fixed Android N bug where tutorial images were not displaying (version 1
Hanping Chinese/Cantonese Dictionary Pro/Lite 4.6.3/4 released
Fixed pinyin umlaut tone-marking bug (Hanping Chinese only) Updated CC-CEDICT dictionary data (Hanping Chinese only) Added more external links (Hanping Chine...
Hanping Chinese Camera 2.4 released
New app announcement: Hanping Chinese Popup Available on
Hanping Cantonese Dictionary 4.6.2 released
support - Now you can study your starred words using Anki's hugely popular Spaced Repetition System (SRS) flashcard software
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro/Lite 4.6.0/1/2 released
(Pro only) support - Now you can study your starred words using Anki's hugely popular Spaced Repetition System (SRS) flashcard software
Hanping Chinese SoundBox 1.0.2 released
This is a minor bugfix update: Added a few new sounds Improved a few existing sounds More robust in-app purchase mechanism Some bugfixes Get it on Google Pla...
Hanping Chinese Camera 2.3.1 & Popup 1.1.3 released
These are minor bug fix updates and include information about our new free app Hanping Chinese SoundBox which helps beginners learn Chinese pronunciation
New App! Hanping Chinese SoundBox 1.0, 1.0.1 released
HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR And what better way to celebrate than announce our brand new app: Hanping Chinese SoundBox for Android 4
Hanping Chinese Camera 2.3 released
New app announcement: Hanping Chinese Popup Available on
Hanping Chinese/Cantonese Dictionary 4.5.1/2/3 released
(Paid apps only) Homescreen Widget improvements and bug fixes - can now reconfigure widget by clicking on the app icon (top-right corner of widget) and then ...
Hanping Cantonese/Chinese Dictionary Pro & Lite 4.4 released
Better Google Translate support Requires Google Translate app to be installed New translate icon appears next to not-in-dictionary search results Click on tr...
Hanping Cantonese/Chinese Dictionary Pro & Lite 4.3/4.3.1/4.3.2 released
Better handwriting recognition More Android Marshmallow support (regarding backups) Minor bug fixes Note: 4
Hanping Chinese Popup 1.1.2 released
Fixed Trigger on System Startup Minor bug fixes Get it on Google Play:...
Hanping Cantonese/Chinese Dictionary Pro & Lite 4.2.4 released
Better system Text-to-Speech support
Hanping Chinese Popup 1.1.1 released
Better popup swipe-to-dismiss: now nicely fades out as you slide left/right and animates away properly Minor bug fixes Get it on Google Play:...
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro & Lite 4.2.3 released
This is an important bug fix update Performance bug fix - accidentally introduced a bug in 4
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 4.2.2 released
This is a minor bug fix update Long-press on audio icon to play audio using system TTS
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro & Lite 4.2.1 released
Improved clipboard notifications Improved External Links section Redesigned navigation drawer Removed lots of notifications Fixed some dict formatting issues...
Hanping Cantonese Dictionary 4.2 released
Improved clipboard notifications Improved External Links section Redesigned navigation drawer Removed lots of notifications Fixed some dict formatting issues...
Hanping Chinese Camera 2.2 released
New app announcement: Hanping Chinese Popup Available on
Hanping Chinese Popup 1.1 released
Improved character recognition Added support for Android Marshmallow No longer requires permission to write to external storage (e
New Hanping Chinese Popup promo video
Here is our new promo video for our latest app for Android Lollipop The app is available on
Hanping Chinese Popup 1.0.2 released
This is a minor bugfix update for our app released a couple of months ago
New Hanping Youku channel
Since YouTube is unavailable in mainland China, our product demo videos (currently Hanping Popup and Hanping Camera) are now also available on Youku i
Hanping Cantonese Dictionary 2.1.1 released
New app announcement: Hanping Chinese Popup Available on
Hanping Chinese Camera 2.1.1 released
New app announcement: Hanping Chinese Popup Available on
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro & Lite 4.1.2 released
New app announcement: Hanping Chinese Popup Available on
New App! Hanping Chinese Popup
We're delighted to announce our brand new app: Hanping Chinese Popup (Android Lollipop) The ultimate solution for quickly looking up Chinese words on your sm...
New video: Hanping Chinese Camera
We've finally got around to making a quick demo video of our Hanping Chinese Camera app
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro & Lite 4.1.1 released
Better Zhuyin support - If you have selected Zhuyin phonetic, now English/Pinyin search terms more readily assumed to be English than Pinyin
Hanping Chinese Camera 2.1.0 released
Updated app icon to material design Minor bug fixes Get it on Google Play:...
Hanping Cantonese Dictionary 2.1.0 released
Updated launcher icon to Material Design Updated CantoDict dictionary data Fixed problem regarding importing custom font (sometimes they were greyed out in s...
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro & Lite 4.1.0 released
Updated launcher icon to Material Design Updated CC-CEDICT dictionary data Fixed problem regarding importing custom font (sometimes they were greyed out in s...
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Lite 4.0.4 released
This is a minor bug fix update
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 4.0.9 released
This is a bug fix update on 4
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 4.0.8 released
This is a bug fix update on 4
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Lite 4.0.3 released
This is a minor bug fix update on 4 0 (which brought handwriting recognition and syllable-by-syllable audio)
Hanping Chinese Camera 2.0.6/2.0.7 released
This is a significant improvement on the bug fix updates from last week: Live mode: Better operation in low light Live mode: Less aggressive refocusing strat...
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 4.0.7 released
This is a bug fix update on 4
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Lite 4.0.2 released
This is a minor bug fix update on 4 0 (which brought handwriting recognition and syllable-by-syllable audio)
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 4.0.6 released
This is a bug fix update on 4 Improved sentence decomposition - much better handling when search text is a mix of Simplified and Traditional characters
Hanping Cantonese Dictionary 2.0.3/2.0.4 released
This is a bugfix update on version 2 2 which was released a couple of weeks ago
Hanping Chinese Camera 2.0.1-2.0.5 released
This is a series of significant bug fix updates on the major 2 0 update released last month
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Lite 4.0.1 released
This is a bug fix update on 4 0 (which brought handwriting recognition and syllable-by-syllable audio)
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 4.0.5 released
This is a bug fix update on 4
Hanping Cantonese Dictionary 2.0.2 released
This is a bugfix update on version 2 1 which was released last week Updated dictionary data Fixed an audio bug occurring on some Android 4
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Lite 4.0 released
Happy Chinese New Year
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 4.0.3 released
This is a bug fix update on 4
Hanping Chinese Camera 2.0 released
This update brings a UI refresh of Material Design goodness and is currently being rolled out to all devices running Android 4
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 4.0.2 released
This is a bug fix update on 4
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 4.0.1 released
This update brings a UI refresh of Material Design goodness and supports all devices running Android 4
Hanping Cantonese Dictionary 2.0.1 released!
This is a bugfix update on version 2 0 which was released last week Fixed audio bug that was occurring on some Android 4
Hanping Cantonese Dictionary 2.0 released!
The first update to the best offline Cantonese dictionary app on the planet, has arrived
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 3.8.8 released!
Minor bug fix update (Android 5 0+ devices only) Fixes handwriting bug that occurred on some Android 5
New App! Hanping Cantonese Dictionary
We are delighted to announce our brand new Android app: Hanping Cantonese Dictionary Supports both Traditional and Simplified characters as well as Jyutping ...
Hanping Chinese Camera 1.2.4 released!
Minor bug fixes. Get it on Google Play:...
Hanping Chinese Camera 1.2.3 released!
Fixed crashing on 4 4 (KitKat) devices
Hanping Chinese Camera 1.2.2 released!
2 is a minor bug fix update on 1
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Lite 3.8.5/6/7 released!
This is a bug fix update on 3 7 are very minor bug fix updates
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 3.8.5/7 released!
This is a minor bug fix update (3
Hanping Chinese Camera 1.2.0/1 released!
1 is a very minor update on 1 0 which includes: Improved first time installation experience if user does not already have Hanping dictionary installed (1
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Lite 3.8.3/4 released!
Please note: This update is going out as a staged rollout, so if you have not yet received it, then you should receive it some time in the next couple of days
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 3.8.4 released!
Please note: This update is going out as a staged rollout, so if you have not yet received it, then you should receive it some time in the next couple of days
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 3.8.3 released!
For a small minority of users, there was a bug in the earlier 3 8 releases that prevented starred words and search history (from pre3
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 3.8.0/1/2 released!
2 are minor bugfix updates on 3 This update covers: Several secondary screens updated with new UI and better UX
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Lite 3.7.1 released!
This is a very minor bug fix update on 3
Hanping Chinese Camera 1.1.6, 1.1.7 released!
6 (Android 2 7 (Android 2 3+) are minor updates including: Faster recognition library (1
Retired App: Hanping Chinese Classic
2014, we officially retired our Hanping Chinese Classic app for Android
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 3.7.2 released!
This is a bug fix update for 3
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Lite 3.7.0 released!
Clipboard Monitoring (Android 4 0+) - when you copy Chinese characters into the Clipboard you can optionally get a system notification showing the definition
Hanping Chinese Camera 1.1.5 released!
5 is a bug fix update which includes: New app icon
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 3.7.1 released!
This is a bug fix update for 3 Also adds support for Sharing Chinese text to Hanping's new Notification feature
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 3.7.0 released!
Clipboard Monitoring (Android 4 0+) - when you copy Chinese characters into the Clipboard you can optionally get a system notification showing the definition
Old app: Hanping Chinese Classic 3.1.6/3.1.7 released!
The is the old free version of Hanping Chinese Dictionary It is only useful to people running Android 2
Hanping Chinese Camera 1.1.1 to 1.1.4 released!
4 are bug fix updates on 1 0 which includes: Merges multiple matches into one (e
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 3.6.5 (and 3.0.13 for pre-Gingerbread devices) released!
5 fixes many small bugs in 3
Old app: Hanping Chinese Classic 3.1.5 released!
The is the old free version of Hanping Chinese Dictionary It is only useful to people running Android 2
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Lite 3.6.5 released!
This fixes many small bugs in 3
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Lite 3.6.4 released!
This is a minor update on 3 Better custom font support (especially on Android 4 4+ KitKat devices)
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 3.6.3/4 released!
3 is a minor update on 3 4 is a minor bug fix update on 3 3, only relevant if you are having problems recognising custom fonts
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 3.6.2 released!
This is an important bug fix update on 3 1 which sometimes fails to launch correctly
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Lite 3.6.0 released!
Vertical Zhuyin/Bopomofo support Added backspace button to radicals screen Performance improvements Some bug fixes \caption id="attachment\840" align="alignc...
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 3.6.1 released!
This is a minor bugfix update on 3
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 3.6.0 released!
Lots of work under the covers in this update, but still plenty of goodies too Brand new Homescreen Widget design (Android Honeycomb 3
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Lite 3.5.2/3 released!
This is a small update on 3 1 released last week Custom tone coloring Fixed left/right swipe bug (bug introduced in 3
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 3.5.2/3 released!
This is a small update on 3 1 released last week Custom tone coloring Fixed left/right swipe bug (bug introduced in 3
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Lite 3.5.1 released!
Added support for colored pinyin/zhuyin - because in many ways it makes more sense to color-by-tone on the phonetic rather than the hanzi Improved Settings s...
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 3.5.1 released!
This is a micro update on 3 0 released a few days ago
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 3.5.0 released!
Added Backup/Restore feature - starred words, search history prefs are bundled into a single zip file which you can then place somewhere for safekeeping (and...
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Lite 3.4.3 released!
Fixed missing camera icon Fixed bug when running in Turkish locale Several minor bug fixes Get it on Google Play: If you like this app, please consider upgra...
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 3.4.3 released!
Fixed incomplete downloads bug Fixed bug when running in Turkish locale Improved implementation for sending email to developer Fixed rare exception when pagi...
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 3.4.2 released!
Fixed rare ABC CE database bug on some older devices (only a problem on some custom firmware running SQLite 3
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Lite 3.4.1 released!
New Radicals lookup (access it through overflow menu at the top-right of the screen)
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 3.4.1 released!
This is a minor bug fix update on yesterday's 3
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 3.4.0 released!
Improved sentence decomposition - better handling of punctuation etc Added concept of simple vs
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 3.3.1 released!
Fixed 'invisible' example sentences in ABC Chinese-English dictionary Fixed tags ordering in Tags dialog Fixed some comma-containing links in CC-CEDICT dicti...
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 3.3.0 released!
New Radicals lookup (access it through overflow menu at the top-right of the screen)
Hanping Chinese Camera 1.0.1 released!
Fixed bug when prompting user to install dictionary app - they were incorrectly being taken to the old Hanping Chinese Classic app rather than the new Hanpin...
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 3.2.11 released!
Fixed rare handwriting crash & made some handwriting UI tweaks - now, instead of pressing the "left" arrow icon in the bottom-left corner, you press the tick...
Old app: Hanping Chinese Classic 3.1.2 released!
Now that we have recently released") a brand new free version of Android's most popular Chinese dictionary, the old free app has been renamed to Hanping Chin...
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Lite 3.2.2 released!
Minor bug fixes Get it on Google Play:...
Hanping Chinese Camera 1.0 (first stable version) released!
This is a bugfix release on the beta version released earlier this year
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 3.2.10 released!
This is a minor bugfix update on yesterday's 3
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 3.2.9 released!
Improved experience when downloading/installing audio and ABC dictionaries Fixed some bugs when tagging starred words Minor bug fixes Get it on Google Play:...
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 3.2.8 released!
Better navigation - in older versions of Hanping, it could take many Back-presses to go back through all the dictionary entries to get to the Search screen
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Lite 3.2.1 released!
Faster searching - improved Hanzi, Pinyin and English searches Minor bug fixes Get it on Google Play:...
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 3.2.7 released!
Faster searching - improved Hanzi, Pinyin and English searches Minor bug fixes Get it on Google Play:...
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 3.2.5/3.2.6 released!
6 is a bug fix update because of a bug introduced in 3 5 which affected widgets and left/right swiping (on Browse screen) on older (Gingerbread) devices
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Lite 3.2.0 released!
Action Bar UI goodness for both Search and Browse screens Search screen: Moved History/Starred/Lists tab bar to top of screen (which is more standard on Andr...
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 3.2.4 released!
Tidied up icons with better support for both day and night modes Fixed headword tabs bug (only applicable if you have the ABC English-Chinese Dictionary inst...
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 3.2.3 released!
When searching English AND you have ABC English-Chinese Dictionary (i
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 3.2.0/1/2 released!
2 are very minor bugfix updates on 3 If you have not experienced any problems with 3
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Lite 3.1.1/3.1.2 released!
Minor bug fixes for our new free dictionary app Please don't forget to leave a rating and/or comment on , to help others find Hanping on the Play Store
Hanping Chinese Classic (old Hanping Chinese Dictionary Lite renamed) 3.1.0/3.1.1 released!
Now that we have recently released") a brand new free version of Android's most popular Chinese dictionary, the old free app has been renamed to Hanping Chin...
New app: Hanping Chinese Dictionary Lite 3.1.0 released!
We've just released a new free edition () of Hanping Chinese Dictionary targeted specifically for Gingerbread (and higher) devices
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 3.1.0-3.1.4 released!
UI tweaks (Gingerbread and higher devices) Better installation experience (Gingerbread and higher devices) Minor bug fixes 3
Hanping Chinese Camera 1.0b4 released!
Better memory management and less battery usage More bug fixes If you see any bugs, such as a stretched Live preview, please email us
Hanping Chinese Dictionary (Lite & Pro) 3.0.12 released!
Fixed clipboard bug where old clipboard text was being searched on app launch Tweaked the tone colors Minor bug fixes Get it on Google Play: and...
Hanping Chinese Camera 1.0b3 released!
UI tweaks including brighter tone coloring and more transparent grey overlay Blue recognition line now green
Hanping Chinese Camera 1.0b2 released!
Fixed some rare crashes Better handling of out of memory errors Get it on Google Play:...
Hanping Chinese Dictionary (Lite & Pro) 3.0.11 released!
Fixed slow-loading issue (for Pro, already fixed in previous update) Added brand new app: Hanping Chinese OCR to Menu > Buy screen Minor bug fixes (including...
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 3.0.9/3.0.10 released!
10 changes: Fixed slow-loading issue Voice recognition settings now in Settings screen (used to be on About screen)
Hanping Chinese Dictionary (Lite & Pro) 3.0.8 released!
Search history & Settings now auto-imported from Lite version (no earlier than 3
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Lite 3.0.7 released!
Fixes a pre-Froyo bug introduced in the 3
Hanping Chinese Dictionary (Lite & Pro) 3.0.5 released!
The backup file is stored here: /Android/data/com embermitre dictroid/prefs/com embermitre
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 3.0.4 released!
Added setting to Prefer Chinese Results (only applicable with ABC English-Chinese installed)
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Lite 3.0.1 released!
1 fixes some bugs in 3 0 (which is described in this post)
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 3.0.3 released!
3 is a minor bug fix update on 3 2 fixing an in-app billing crash, minor handwriting issues and a crash on startup on some old Motorola devices
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro hits 10,000 downloads on Google Play Store!
Today, hit the magic 10,000 downloads mark on the Google Play Store
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 2.8.2 released!
Refreshed app icon Added English starred words functionality (only relevant if ABC English-Chinese installed) - from Starred Tab, touch top-left icon to swit...
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 2.8.1 released!
This contains a few minor bug fixes to the recently-released 2 0 which added support for the ABC English-Chinese Dictionary (as in-app purchase)
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 2.8.0 released!
Added ABC English-Chinese in-app purchase (~10USD)
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Lite 2.7.3 released!
Pro version now offers superb ABC Chinese-English Dictionary as in-app purchase Added dialog explaining how to get Pro version in China Minor bug fixes Avail...
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 2.7.3 released!
Fixed Pinyin ü bug (recently-introduced bug that was causing problems with colouring the Hanzi) Improved About screen (merged Installed Dictionaries and Purc...
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 2.7.2 released!
Improved formatting of ABC entries (see screenshot) Clicking on individual Hanzi in headword is now more intelligent Fixed potential startup delay caused by ...
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 2.7.1 released!
Browse screen (showing a single dictionary entry) now also shows the definition for the same word in any other dictionaries installed
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 2.7.0b released. Includes ABC dictionary support!
The Pro version now includes an in-app product for the superb ABC Chinese-English Dictionary
Hanping Chinese Dictionary (Free & Pro) 2.6.7 released!
Minor bug fixes Get it on Google Play:...
Hanping Chinese Dictionary (Free & Pro) 2.6.5 released!
Significant changes: Custom font support Improved dictionary entry formatting (Pro version only) Disabled word prediction when entering search term (now much...
How to buy paid Android apps in China/Taiwan?
Unfortunately paid Android apps are currently unavailable in China & Taiwan amongst others (for a full list of paid-app countries see here although it's not ...
Hanping Chinese Dictionary (Free & Pro) 2.6.4 released!
Added Chinese localization
Paid app users in China/Taiwan
As most of you know, paid Android apps are not available in China or Taiwan, but there are a couple of tricks to work around this (such as the sim card swap)
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 2.6.3 released!
Fixed bug where on rare occasions audio installation would freeze mid-way Other minor bug fixes
Hanping Chinese Dictionary (Free) 2.6.1 released!
Supports Move to SD card Minor bug fixes
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 2.6.1 released!
Handwriting improvements including: Redesigned layout (replaced OK button with Back icon, shifted suggestions to top of screens like with normal IMEs) Fixed ...
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 2.6.0 released!
Added built-in handwriting recognition\ Support for Move to SD\\ Minor bug fixes \ Handwriting stroke data may be sent to a 3rd party server to improve recog...
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 2.5.9 released!
Audio fix (please email us if you have any problems) Long-press clipboard icon to append Chinese characters to clipboard
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 2.5.8 released!
Better phrase support - now you can star Chinese phrases (or any Chinese word even if it is not in the dictionary)
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 2.5.7 released!
Minor bug fixes regarding handling of corrupt database file Audio enhancements\ \ Hanping Pro now includes brand new audio files (provided by FlashDragon Pub...
Hanping Chinese Dictionary (Free) 2.5.4 released!
Fixed bug regarding list items not in dictionary This bug appeared in 2
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 2.5.4 released!
Some minor widget enhancements - now you can force that the phonetics are never displayed in the widget
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 2.5.3 released!
Made some changes to the Word Details screen: Moved "External Websites" icon down to below entry description (now called "Links") Added "Search" icon (also b...
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 2.5.2
Fixed bug which resulted in very slow queries when including tone numbers in pinyin search queries (e
Hanping Chinese Dictionary (Free) 2.5.2
This is a major update: Much better search results - search results are now shown dynamically which means as you scroll down, Hanping searches deeper into th...
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 2.5.0 released!
EDIT: 31 March 2011 - First stable release of 2 This is a major update Most of the changes are internal allowing for exciting enhancements in future updates
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 2.4.1 released!
Some bug fixes...
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 2.4.0 released!
Much better management of Faves/Starred words Now, a "Starred" word corresponds one-to-one with whether the Star icon (second screen) is glowing
Hanping Chinese Dictionary (Free) 2.3.0 released!
Switched from MobClix to AdMob ad network
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 2.3.0 released!
Major improvements to homescreen widgets including: Each widget takes words (at random) from the configured word list Mini skip icon (top-right) allows you t...
Hanping Chinese SMS Reader Pro 1.0 released!
First stable release: Small bugfix which was causing a Force Close
Hanping Chinese SMS Reader Pro 1.0b3 released!
Redesigned messages layout and improved icons Bug fix where sometimes only one message was showing in message list (when should have been more)
Hanping Chinese SMS Reader Pro 1.0b1 released!
The first public beta of Hanping Chinese SMS Reader This app is for those who receive Chinese SMS messages and want to know more about the meaning
Hanping Chinese Dictionary (Free) 2.2.10 released!
Performance bug fix for when decomposing long search strings (was very slow on pre-2
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 2.2.10 released!
Performance bug fix for when decomposing long search strings (was very slow on pre-2
Hanping Chinese Dictionary (Free) 2.2.8 released!
Minor bug fixes...
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 2.2.6 released!
Some speed improvements by no longer partially matching English when it is very short Now, before user ever specifies Pinyin or English, the searching will t...
Hanping Chinese Dictionary (Free) 2.2.7 released!
Fixed lock-up on Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 when trying to loads ads when there is no network connection Some speed improvements by no longer partially matchin...
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 2.2.5 released!
Fixed bug when attempting to download word lists
Hanping Chinese Dictionary (Free) 2.2.5 released!
Fixed bug when attempting to download word lists
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 2.2.3 released!
More Chinese localization (please email me any corrections) Minor bug fix for when downloading word lists
Hanping Chinese Dictionary (Free) 2.2.4 released!
New features: Traditional & Simplified chars can now be displayed together
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 2.2.2 released!
Added Chinese (Traditional & Simplified) localization (please email me any corrections
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 2.2.1 released!
On second screen, fling (fast swipe) up or down to step through the search results
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 2.2.0 released!
New features: New "Share" option menu in second screen
Hanping Chinese Dictionary (Free) 2.0.8 released!
Major update from 1 4: Complete overhaul of the UI/UX Lots more built-in word lists (e
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 2.0.1 released!
Changes include: Create/rename/delete user list now performed in second screen (instead of first)
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 2.0 released!
Major update: Complete overhaul of the UI/UX Lots more built-in word lists (e HSK) Multiple user lists
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 1.8.0 released!
New features: Quick Search Box (QSB) support
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 1.7.1 released!
Added word-of-the-day widget This is updated every 24 hours and picks a random word from the 1000 most frequent two-character chinese words
Hanping Chinese Dictionary (Free) 1.6.4 released!
This brings the Lite version up-to-date with the Pro version (minus the Pro-specific features, of course
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 1.6.0 released!
Changes since 1.4.0 are: User is notified (one-time dialog box) when a dictionary update becomes available When the search text matches both Pinyin and Engli...
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 1.4.1 released!
Changes are: Voice recognition (Android 2
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 1.3.1 small bug fix
Solves the issue where showing all the favourites, but none being stored, could cause a Force Close
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 1.3.0 released!
Lots of behind the scenes improvements here primarily geared towards the search results, in particular ordering
Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro 1.2.0 released!
Not too many new features as such, but lots of improvements to the way the dictionary is installed & updated