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Android: Can I lookup characters by drawing them?

admin — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 00:45:47 +0000

If you install the 3rd party application “HanWritting” you can:

How do I enable Chinese input on Android?

admin — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 00:40:00 +0000

Here is a quick movie showing how to do it:

Can I change the Mac desktop key combination to something else?

admin — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:28:19 +0000

Yes, to change key binding on Mac from control+command+d to something else go to Apple -> System Preferences -> Keyboard & Mouse -> Keyboard Shortcuts and modify the “Look up in Dictionary” key shortcut.

Can I toggle the Mac desktop dictionary to always be on?

admin — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:25:37 +0000

No, there is no way (that I now of) to toggle on “always define”. However, if you hold down the ctrl+cmd+d (on the Mac desktop 小词典), and don’t release the keys it will continue to define words as you hover over them.

iPhone: Using pinyin input, how do I type words that have a ü like 女?

admin — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 09:30:42 +0000

When using the iPhone pinyin input and you need to type a word that has a ü in it, for example 女 (nǚ), you use the v key. So you would type “nv” to lookup 女.

小词典 is installed, but doesn’t seem to work

admin — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 04:30:35 +0000

First, make sure you are running Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) or higher. You can do this by clicking on the Apple menu on the top left corner of the screen, and choosing “About this Mac”. The Version should be at least 10.5.

Unfortunately, earlier versions of Mac OS X don’t allow for dictionary plugins so 小词典 will not work on any version before Leopard.

If you are running Leopard, check that 小词典 plugin is enabled. You can do this by running the Dictionary application (in your Applications folder), and then opening preferences (applekey + ,). You should see a window like the following:

Scroll down and make sure the box is ticked next to 小词典. If the box was not ticked, after ticking the box the dictionary should work properly.

Additionally, if you use other dictionaries, you might want to drag 小词典 to the top of the list of dictionaries. The dictionary popin window will often only show the first result, and moving 小词典 to the top of the list ensures you will see results from 小词典.

Where did the dictionary come from?

admin — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 03:07:05 +0000

The dictionary backing the 小词典 applications is the fantastic, publicly available CC-CEDICT dictionary. The dictionary is currently released under the Creative Commons license.

To learn more about this great resource, visit the CC-CEDICT web site.

How do I submit errors or omissions in the dictionary?

admin — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 03:01:29 +0000

Since 小词典 is powered by the Creative Commons licensed database CC-CEDICT, you may add omissions and corrections to that project, and the changes will be available in a future update of 小词典.

Please be sure to follow their guidelines for submissions, and thank you for your help!

How do I enable Chinese Character Input on the iPhone?

admin — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 02:58:45 +0000

To enable search by Chinese characters, either by typing them in pinyin or drawing the characters with your finger, you will need to turn on chinese input on your iPhone.

You can turn on Chinese input by doing the following. From the home screen, go into Settings > General > Keyboard > International, and scroll all the way to the bottom. There you will see a submenu titled Chinese Simplified – tap this item.

You will be presented with the screen shown in the image above. If you tap both of these switches to on, you will have enabled the Chinese input for your iPhone.

The next time you tap in the 小词典 search box, the keyboard will have a small globe on the bottom left next to the number button. By clicking this button you can toggle between pinyin input, Character drawing, and English input.