As a makeshift solution for Chinese languages with no licensed dictionaries so far, would it be possible to give an option for disabling Pinyin recognition for a user dict or flashcard deck? I agree it makes search for Pinyin in those decks a little complicated as the user has to know the exact rules of the transcription up to the question whether diacritics or numbers were used for the tones. However since licensed dictionaries for Min, Wu, Hakka ect (or even Mandarin dialects such as Sichuanese, many of which require modifications to standard Pinyin) don't seem around the corner, I believe togglable Pinyin recognition would allow users to create their own entries/flashcards without having the transcription screwed up because Pleco wants to convert it to Pinyin.