HanYou - Chinese Dictionary
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Updated 18 Oct 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
HanYou - Chinese Dictionary on the App Store
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HanYou - Chinese Dictionary downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
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Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
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Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
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Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
What users say about HanYou - Chinese Dictionary
From the 29 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users praise the app's utility for learning Chinese and its camera-based OCR features when functioning correctly. However, recent reviews highlight critical stability issues, with many reporting that the app crashes immediately upon opening or when using the camera mode.
Mixed but leaning positive (59% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being useful, and working reliably. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and missing features or content.
What people like
- Useful: “Flash cards are useful too”
- Crashes & bugs: “App works great since bug fix!”
- Ease of use: “Very useful and easy to use”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “Not worth the money at all”
- Features & content: “You can get all of the features of this app in other apps that won’t cost you”
About HanYou - Chinese Dictionary
HanYou is an offline Chinese dictionary, translator and optical recognizer designed to help you read, speak and learn Chinese.
HanYou's dictionary is extensive, fast, and delivers Chinese word details into more than 20 target languages. You can input words in any language, alphabet, or by drawing. In particular, find relevant definitions and Chinese-English translations whether you learn Chinese for fun or prepare for the HSK.
HanYou's powerful offline Optical Character Recognition (OCR) engine can recognize more than 13 000 Chinese characters in your pictures or with your device camera.
HanYou helps you improve your Chinese with flashcards. Flashcards are a powerful and enjoyable way to learn new words. Based on your learning statistics, you will be shown everyday a deck of flashcards tailored for you.
HanYou features advanced Chinese text analysis. Paste or write some Chinese text in the analysis mode. You can then tap on each word in the text to see the definition popup. For each word, multiple definitions from different dictionaries will be displayed. Listen to the Chinese text with the text to speech function.
DICTIONARY:
• Extensive Chinese dictionary with more than 360 000 entries
• Multiple dictionaries, including CC-CEDICT, CFDICT (French), HanDeDict (German), Wiktionary (in more than 20 target languages)
• Fast search algorithm and auto-completion
• Find Chinese characters by drawing
• Search for words in any language, Roman alphabet or Chinese characters (simplified and traditional)
• Pronunciation in Mandarin (pinyin) and Cantonese (Jyutping)
• Listen to the Chinese pronunciation (Mandarin or Cantonese)
• Audio pronunciation of example sentences in Mandarin
• Example sentences for most common words
• HSK levels indicated for each word
• Handwriting practice (optional, in app purchase)
• Export definitions (text, image, Anki)
OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION (OCR):
• Fully offline optical character recognition engine
• It can recognize more than 13 000 simplified and traditional Chinese characters
• Take a picture or import an image from your Photo Library
• Horizontal and vertical recognition
• Tap on a recognized character to see a popup with the dictionary definition
FLASHCARDS:
• Automatic and smart flashcards updated every day
• Save words and Chinese characters to your flashcard deck
• Statistics and tracking of your learning curve
• Practice Mandarin, Cantonese pronunciations and character drawings
TEXT ANALYSIS:
• Paste or write some Chinese text in the analysis mode, then tap on each word in the text
• Pinyins are also displayed automatically
• Listen to the Chinese text with the "Speak" function
OPEN SAFARI WEB PAGES:
• In Safari, tap the "Share / Export" button to open the web page in HanYou. All Chinese words will be added pinyin and you will be able to tap on each of them to have a popup definition
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