Point your camera at Chinese, or pick a photo or screenshot, and tap any word to look it up, with AI translating each line. On Android, the words work even offline.
Photograph a menu to see every dish with its price and photo, and show the staff what you want to order.
Look up a character by drawing it, and on Android, search by pointing your camera at a word.
Translate takes up to 2,000 characters, shows the result as it arrives, and marks mistakes in your Chinese with the fix.
Browse 632 dishes, 654 ingredients and over 1,000 famous people with photos and what each one is, from Topics on the Dictionary home.
A light theme, which follows your phone unless you pick Light or Dark in Settings.
About 6,300 new words.
Words can be read by p8nda's voice or your phone's own, at the speed you choose.
Words tapped inside a word popup open on top of it, and Back returns to the word you started on.
In mainland China, the app connects through Hong Kong when that is faster.
Translations no longer stall or fail on a weak connection, and audio no longer stops after a long study session.
0.6.1
26 Aug 2026 · Replaced by 0.7.0
Practice a round whenever you want, at any size, as many as you like. Nothing is due by the end of the day.
Daily review is now just Review.
Search and filter Your words, and stop reviewing any word without losing its progress.
History keeps your last 30 practice days. Replay a day, a round, or just the words you missed.
On a tablet, study pages open beside your decks.
Repeating a round no longer costs you progress.
The New Deck button in the deck picker works again on iPhone.
Search boxes no longer grow taller when you type Chinese.
0.6.0
16 Aug 2026 · Replaced by 0.6.1
Words you practice now come back right before you would forget them. Daily review deals you a small deck each day, sized and weighted however suits you; do it, then repeat it as often as you like
Pick an HSK level or a frequency list and learn a batch of new words every day. Thanks charost for asking for both of these!
Your schedule, your settings, and each day's deck sync across your devices and p8nda.com
The Flashcards tab has a new Study section for your daily loop, and Smart practice is retired now that Daily review finds weak words better
The app is a lot faster. Tabs switch almost instantly, Chinese search keeps up with your typing, and word, deck and review pages open in a fraction of the time they used to
Search no longer says "No results" while it is still looking, and words written with a hyphen like push-up or t-shirt now find the right entry
0.5.3
2 Aug 2026 · Replaced by 0.6.0
Mix directions in one session: some cards ask Chinese first, others English first
Choose how cards are ordered: deck order, shuffled, or your weakest words first
Choose what happens to a card you miss: it comes back soon, later, at the end, or not at all
Word and example audio can play as the card appears or the moment you flip. Thanks charost for the idea!
Pinyin can show on the front of the card, and example sentences can wait until you flip or stay off for good. Thanks charost for the report!
Stroke practice: write traditional characters, hear the word before you draw it, and see how many strokes you missed
Category practice lets you choose how many cards to study, like HSK and frequency already did
Fixed a blank practice screen on some saved sessions, and a sync bug that could drop words you had just added to a deck
0.5.2
22 Jul 2026 · Replaced by 0.5.3
Search is more accurate for pinyin, English, single characters, and misspelled queries
Cleaner definitions and more accurate pinyin across thousands of entries
Removed background audio and microphone permissions the app never used
0.5.1
15 Jul 2026 · Replaced by 0.5.2
p8nda is now available on iPhone and iPad
Sign in with Apple, with automatic linking to your existing account by email
Linked Accounts redesigned: Google and Apple each open a detail page with the connected email and clear link and unlink options
Practice session settings now have a Continue button to get back to your cards
Server hiccups no longer sign you out
0.5.0
9 Jul 2026 · Replaced by 0.5.1
Tablet support: navigation rail, two-pane layouts across the dictionary, translate, and flashcards, and free rotation (phones stay portrait)
Dictionary expanded to 60,800+ entries
Characters with multiple readings now have one entry per reading, with the right pinyin and audio in search, browsing, flashcards, translations, and word pages
New word audio voice covering most of the dictionary, with karaoke highlighting that follows whole words
Word pages now show character components, radical, stroke count, words that use the character, and other readings
Browse redesigned: category tiles, all 214 Kangxi radicals with character lists, and sort options on every list
Search is much faster and matches the web dictionary's results
Translate: hear translations with karaoke highlighting, see notes on natural phrasing, and cancel a translation while it runs
Offline, your past translations open instantly, and phrases you already translated keep working even at your daily limit
Practice sessions pause and resume instantly, with restart and discard options and a new completion screen
Panda avatars for your account, plus a sessions screen to sign out other devices
Staying signed in is more reliable, and deleting saved words or translations now syncs across devices right away
First-time dictionary setup is about 3x faster, everything feels snappier, and the app reopens where you left off
0.4.0
21 Apr 2026 · Replaced by 0.5.0
Dictionary expanded to 38,700+ entries with new finance, medical, legal, tech, and automotive coverage
Much faster first launch on older phones — dictionary setup no longer freezes the app and shows live progress instead
Dictionary updates after an app upgrade now show a progress screen too
0.3.0
12 Apr 2026 · Replaced by 0.4.0
Dictionary expanded to 25,900+ entries with rich cultural tips and pop culture references
Vulgar words now display a red badge so you know the register before using them
Audio playback for words and example sentences with karaoke-style highlighting
Stroke order animations and writing practice for every character
AI Translate redesigned: history, retry, status tracking, and a daily quota indicator
New Stats screen tracking your dictionary, flashcard, translation, and stroke activity
Smart Practice flashcard mode that focuses on words you haven't mastered yet
Drag and drop to reorder words within flashcard decks
Stroke practice flashcard mode for learning to write characters
Faster dictionary search with caching and optimized queries
Adjustable text size with font scaling presets
Settings reorganized into Appearance, Storage & Data, and About sections
New app icon
Improved sync reliability for decks, word stats, and translation history
Many bug fixes, polish, and performance improvements
0.2.3
28 Mar 2026 · Replaced by 0.3.0
Dictionary expanded to 12,000+ entries
Word frequency rankings from SUBTLEX-CH
Browse words by frequency bands (Top 500, 501-1000, etc.)
Frequency rank badge on word details and search results
Flashcard quick practice by frequency bands
Flashcard preferences remembered between sessions
Credits page added to website
0.2.2
27 Mar 2026 · Replaced by 0.2.3
All 11,100+ entries now have character breakdowns
Fixed missing pinyin in 51 example sentences
Flashcard exit confirmation works on back button and swipe
Translation history placeholder when empty
Fixed API connection issue from previous update
0.2.1
27 Mar 2026 · Replaced by 0.2.2
Complete HSK 7-9 dictionary — 11,100+ entries total
600+ character breakdowns added for HSK 1-6
Fixed back gesture in dictionary categories and search
Clear progress now properly removes all data
Buttons respond on first tap when keyboard is open
Delete account and clear progress work for Google-only users
Flashcard preferences saved between sessions
0.2.0
26 Mar 2026 · Replaced by 0.2.1
Added 600 new HSK 7 dictionary words (8,100+ total)
What's New screen to track app updates
Over-the-air updates for faster dictionary additions
