Chinese Annotator Hack 2.0.2 + Redeem Codes

I’ve been looking for something exactly like this for a very long time. Yes, Pleco has an ePub reader, but you have to tap on words you don’t know to get a definition/pinyin. Nothing like this. If you are trying to increase your literacy in Chinese by reading material that YOU CHOOSE rather than uninteresting (IMO) “stories” in similar apps, this is the app for you. If you use it consistently, it will grow along with you like no other app.

Granted, the process of learning raw characters is probably better suited to other methods such as flash cards, writing, and MEMRISE. But this is a perfect compliment to those methods.

I give it 4 stars because the app lacks a certain UI polish. But it does everything as advertised.

REQUEST: for those of us who are intermediate and up, it would be nice to start off assuming all characters are KNOWN and THEN be able to indicate those that are UNKNOWN. Otherwise it takes a loooong time to indicate all the characters/words you already know. iCloud syncing would be great too so I can use seamlessly on my iPhone and iPad.

Increasing rating to four stars. Able to reliably export PDF of characters along with Pinyin for the characters that I did not know how to pronounce into a PDF annotation app. Developer addressed all of my feedback except selection of definition. Will increase to 5 stars when able to easily choose a particular CC-CEDICT entry for display rather than the first entry in the list of definitions.

If you want to learn Chinese characters, this is an app one could have only wished for and never believed would have. After importing an ePub in characters, you teach the app what words you know and it remembers across publications. So you can have a paragraph with characters only for what you indicated you knew, with character-pinyin if you know the word but not clear on character, and character-pinyin-English if need the full aid. All mixed together. And as you learn you keep updating. Amazing tool. Thank you! Would pay more than a dollar for it. Thank you!

Love the option to gradually get rid of the English and pinyin on words you already know, helps you focus on the characters you still need to learn while being able to take the training wheels off the characters you’re already familiar with. Recently started learning Cantonese, so I wish it had the option for Cantonese Yale as well, that would be an awesome feature. But for learning Mandarin, this app is fantastic.

A very useful and reliable app for Chinese learners!
It does everything as advertised. Also the text converts to 3 lines within seconds. Works great both in Traditional and Simplified characters. I definitely recommend it because it helps you improve your knowledge of Chinese characters. Great for people who intend to translate a publication from characters but also don’t want to rely too much in pinyin.

This app is an essential part of meeting preparation! My character learning has greatly improved since i started using this app. I have recommended this app to many friends. One thing, I wish that there could be a toggle for tone marks. An option where one could keep the tone marks visible for selected words.

This app has a lot of potential in learning Chinese. However, i find that even if you load an ePub that uses Traditional Chinese characters, 3lines still convert it to Simplified Characters. It would be a nice improvement if you have an option to use either traditional or simplified characters.
But so far, it is a good app.

Worked as expected, had an ePub file pinyin-ized within a minute after downloading this app.

Thanks Jon, you’re a lifesaver for me today!

This app is fantastic! It will make this difficult language a little easier to learn. I can’t recommend it highly enough.

It would be helpful to be able to add to the dictionary within the app without loading an ePub.