Shangri Lingua

Learn Chinese and Thai from the language around you, then learn to write it.

Shangri Lingua turns the messages, menus and signs you come across into lessons. Translate them, tap any word to see what it means, and save the words you want to keep. Then practice writing them by hand until you know them.

TRANSLATE WHAT YOU READ
• Type, paste, speak, or take a photo of Chinese or Thai text
• Tap any word for its meaning, with pinyin for Chinese and romanization for Thai
• Thai is split into words for you, so you can read text with no spaces
• Everything you translate is kept in your history

SAVE WORDS AS YOU READ
• Save any word with one tap, along with the sentence you found it in
• Saved words are highlighted when they come up again
• Review them as flashcards

WRITE CHINESE
• Meet each character's parts before you write it
• Trace it three times following the stroke order, then write it from memory
• Watch the stroke order whenever you need it
• Every stroke is checked, including its order and direction

WRITE THAI
• A course from the first letter to whole words: practical order, words first, or the traditional order
• Learn each letter's sound and class, and the letters it's easily confused with
• Trace each letter, then write it from memory
• Learn how class and syllable set the tone
• Spell your saved words a letter at a time

DICTIONARIES
• A 120,000+ word Chinese dictionary you can search by characters or pinyin, or by drawing a character
• A Thai dictionary you can search in Thai, romanization or English, with no connection needed
• IPA practice for pronunciation

Pick Chinese, Thai or both, and switch between them any time.