LiveScan

Just point with your mouse to start understanding and learning Chinese.

LiveScan with Chinese Reader

Understand Chinese by using it! Just point your mouse at Chinese text and the LiveScan™ window explains the Chinese text. Focus on the subjects and words that are important to you. In minutes, you'll be reading emails, websites--even news headlines in Chinese.

MDBG Chinese Reader shows over 105,000 meanings of words and phrases from MDBG CC-CEDICT, the world's most popular Chinese-English dictionary. Instead of copying the text and pasting into an online dictionary, Chinese Reader immediately shows you the meaning of each word or phrase--even when your Internet connection is slow or unavailable. This dictionary is installed on your computer for fast, reliable access when you're off-line or on-line.

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  • View only the details (ColorTones, tone numbers, Bopomofo, etc.) you want in the LiveScan popup window
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About LiveScan

LiveScan works with Chinese text that can be selected or copied to your Windows clipboard; graphics and video are not supported.

To personalize Chinese Reader with your own definitions and usage notes, use the Professional Edition's custom word capabilities.

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