meiyoubanfa-mike
Member
Hi,
I have taken a look at your forums but found nothing on this topic, so sorry if it is covered elsewhere and I missed it!
A few points and questions:
1. I am very interested in your software! But unfortunately I have no pocket PC or smart phone to try out your demo, so I have no idea as to the specifics...sorry for the following uniformed questions.
2. The problem is that I cannot find an exact character count between the ABC and oxford dictionaries: how many characters do they cover between the two in your software? I have not been able to find any info online; most other sites on the dictionaries proper only speak of the amount of phrases or compounds included in the dictionary. Or, like your site, the amount of "entries." Before I purchase this software I would like to know if that means I am getting the first common 2500-3000 characters and their numerous compounds and so on or if that means I am getting around 6000-7000 (or hopefully more).
3. If your software has upwards of 7000 or more single entries [compounds are not useful really in reading classical chinese], then it would be nearly as useful to me as Wenlin, which has around 10,000 single entries. Wenlin has been invaluable to me because it gives the stroke count, radical, and allows the user to write characters (something that I resort to when the radical is not obvious or the pinyin unknown when reading obscure characters).
4. But there is no pocket PC or smart phone version of Wenlin in sight. And I do not want to have to lug around my laptop when doing chinese.
5. In other words, would your software be useful for me? Even if the definitions of characters are more "modern" as opposed to classical meaning, like they often are in Wenlin, being able to look them up by writing [in traditional form] on a pocket PC or palm/smart phone OS and finding the radical or pinyin would be of immense help to me--as I can look then look them up quickly in other dictionaries. Sorry for my lengthy question, but i wanted to be clear in what I am looking for before paying for a palm OS and your software. Thank you.
I have taken a look at your forums but found nothing on this topic, so sorry if it is covered elsewhere and I missed it!
A few points and questions:
1. I am very interested in your software! But unfortunately I have no pocket PC or smart phone to try out your demo, so I have no idea as to the specifics...sorry for the following uniformed questions.
2. The problem is that I cannot find an exact character count between the ABC and oxford dictionaries: how many characters do they cover between the two in your software? I have not been able to find any info online; most other sites on the dictionaries proper only speak of the amount of phrases or compounds included in the dictionary. Or, like your site, the amount of "entries." Before I purchase this software I would like to know if that means I am getting the first common 2500-3000 characters and their numerous compounds and so on or if that means I am getting around 6000-7000 (or hopefully more).
3. If your software has upwards of 7000 or more single entries [compounds are not useful really in reading classical chinese], then it would be nearly as useful to me as Wenlin, which has around 10,000 single entries. Wenlin has been invaluable to me because it gives the stroke count, radical, and allows the user to write characters (something that I resort to when the radical is not obvious or the pinyin unknown when reading obscure characters).
4. But there is no pocket PC or smart phone version of Wenlin in sight. And I do not want to have to lug around my laptop when doing chinese.
5. In other words, would your software be useful for me? Even if the definitions of characters are more "modern" as opposed to classical meaning, like they often are in Wenlin, being able to look them up by writing [in traditional form] on a pocket PC or palm/smart phone OS and finding the radical or pinyin would be of immense help to me--as I can look then look them up quickly in other dictionaries. Sorry for my lengthy question, but i wanted to be clear in what I am looking for before paying for a palm OS and your software. Thank you.
