Hanping Cantonese Dictionary

Look up any Cantonese you meet — typed, spoken, handwritten, pasted, or in a photo. Hanping Cantonese Dictionary is the offline companion trusted by learners, travelers and professionals worldwide.

WHY HANPING?

- The dictionary works 100% offline — no internet required
- Image Reader: tap the Chinese in photos and screenshots
- Document Reader: paste an article and read it word by word
- Chinese handwriting and voice input
- Native speaker audio pronunciation
- 6,000+ example sentences with translations
- No ads or distractions

DOCUMENT READER

Paste a paragraph, an article or a chat message, or share a text file into Hanping, and read it at your own pace. Tap any word for its Jyutping and definition, and step through the text sentence by sentence. Free.

IMAGE READER

Pick a photo, take a picture or paste a screenshot — a Hong Kong menu, a street sign, a restaurant notice, a WhatsApp chat — and tap any Chinese in it to see its words, pronunciations and definitions. Read one line or column at a time, star words to review later, and come straight back to images you've read. Recognition runs on your device.

Try it free on three of your own images (the sample images are always free), then unlock it with a one-time purchase that covers both Hanping Cantonese and Hanping Chinese on all your devices. Vertical text needs iOS 26 or later.

SMART SEARCH

Look up words using English, Jyutping, Yale or Chinese characters. See results instantly with clear definitions, example sentences and authentic pronunciation.

BUILD YOUR VOCABULARY

- Star important words for quick review
- Organize them with custom tags
- Pick up where you left off with your history

MASTER CHARACTERS

- Stroke animations for 800+ characters (free)
- Character decomposition (top 10k)
- 1,200+ phonetic groups covering 6k+ characters
- Radical lookup
- Simplified and Traditional support

AUDIO & PRONUNCIATION

- Native speaker recordings for single syllables
- Interactive soundboard for tone practice
- Voice recognition for Chinese and English

PREMIUM FEATURES (In-App Purchase)

- Image Reader — look up the Chinese in your own photos and screenshots
- AI voice audio for the words.hk and CantoDict example sentences — Hong Kong voices, male or female
- 8,735 additional stroke animations
- Import/Export vocabulary lists

A PERSONAL APP

Hanping is built by one developer, and I read every message. Email me bugs or suggestions — most get a reply within 12 hours.

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