miscellaneous-> customize dictionary-> open dictionary when long-tap on a word, for it to work you have to first change dict.1 into other installed apps and choose pleco from the list, you’re welcome
You can also use Pleco’s own document reader (paid add-on) which accepts epubs and txt.
You can also use Langtern, a free mobile app that has an embedded browser with a Chinese dictionary when you click on words, and also can open epub files with the same dictionary functionality (full disclosure: I am the creator of the app).
Lol the power of 耽美 is not to be underestimated 志在必成，it was the same for me with 武侠. Though not many people have the discipline to grind it out even if the motivation is there. I’d be interested in seeing more of your progress updates in the future, I’m sure your process will be helpful to many people.
It comes easily over time, honestly. Plus, studies have shown learning traditional character is actually easier
And here i am still using kindle 4 NT xd. Boox Leaf looks really neat.
Thanks for the review! It’s on my wish list now. I had been thinking about getting another dedicated ereader for readmoo.com, but not anymore.
It’s started out as “agonizing pain” reading, because I didn’t know at the beginning what to start reading (all native content was extremely hard). I basically did a version of the reading / listening method where I would have the text to speech read the sentence to me, then I’d look at the translation with the text to speech and then look at the Chinese sentence again. This slowly improved my comprehension and I really enjoyed myself.
It’s still very difficult, but since I’ve spent hundreds of hours with it so far, it’s much easier (unless it’s a plot dump section). It still takes me about more than an hour to get through a chapter, but I don’t have to use any translations or text to speech. LingQ has it about 150 ish unknown words per 2000 word section, so I think I’m finally at about 90% comprehension. I’m still a very slow reader and miss a lot, so I want to reread it again in a couple of years.
I do extensive reading with easier novels and graded readers, and I probably have been reading >4 hours a day, every day since I read my first Mandarin Companion.
awesome tip, never knew this
Just wanna say I love langtern for this specific reason. I don’t really use any of the other functions but I open all my epubs and PDFs exclusively in langtern now. It’s made my reading so much smoother. Thank you for this app!
Haha, the power of 耽美 is truly a strong one! The Chinese learning Discord community I’m in has a lot of 耽美 fans (like 90% of the active members xD)
I found getting to 2.5k-2.7k character knowledge is the hardest part, it’s not fun when there are many many new words per paragraph.
You must have used a paper dictionary? I can’t imagine doing that! It’s painful enough using a popup dictionary, let alone having to look up words manually using a paper dictionary! You’re far more amazing and disciplined than I could ever be.
This is a weird question but do you have a link to those studies handy like not that I don’t believe you I’m just a linguistics student so I like reading interesting studies like that.
Not to interrupt, but have you read 魔道祖師？XD
I can look, but it was a while ago when I saw it. Basically the more parts of a character, the easier it is to remember. Simplified characters just have less for the mind to grab onto. The way I used to explain it to my students is imagine you’re at a bank robbery. There are two supects. One has tattoos, crazy hair, and an accent. The other is very non-descript and not much stands out. When the cops ask for a description, which one will be easier for your mind to remember? Same goes for traditional vs. simplified.
I’m also interested to know. I have been studying traditional characters from day 1 and don’t seem to have any more difficulties than my peers who learn simplified
Yes, I have. It was after reading the English fan translations of 魔道祖师 and 天官赐福 that got me into picking up Chinese again some years ago.