SmartHanzi is a free yet professional tool for students and anyone wishing to read real Chinese texts (web, PDF), even with a limited level in Chinese.
It includes Chinese dictionaries for English, French and German with links to related words and characters.
SmartHanzi is available for desktop (PC, Mac) and mobile (iOS, Android).
Parse and lookup
A full text can be copied with immediate access to unknown words. Meeting words and characters in context, together with related ones, strongly helps memorizing.
Tip: try it on Twitter! (mobile: long press on a Chinese tweet to copy it)
Characters
SmartHanzi shows etymology of Chinese characters from the Etymological Dictionary of Han/Chinese Characters by Lawrence J. Howell and Hikaru Morimoto,.
Etymology is not only for scholars or experts. Getting familiar with basic components and their explanation brings effective milestones for students at all levels, both for remembering characters and when meeting new ones.
Make friends with characters!
HSK training
HSK levels 1 to 6. Progress is shown over the last 12 months.
The basic option is with short tests, mistaken results retried first. Users can prefer longer tests, review unsure words or check known words.
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Language level
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CEFR level
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HSK level
1
2
3
4
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HSKK level
-
YCT level
-
Skill
Graphemic
Translation
Vocabulary
Kind of access
Open
Registration required
None
Type
Dictionary
Keywords
Radicals
Bilingual dictionary
Etymology
Format
App
Web
Linguistic variant
Classical Chinese
Standard Chinese
Vehicular language
English
Young learners
No
For teachers
No
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