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[Laurence Svirchev]

I'm an English speaker, learning Mandarin.

Can anyone recommend an e-dictionary that does the following:

-enter English word;
-output 1: romanized PinYin for pronounciation;
-output 2: Chinese ideogram.

Most e-dictionaries seem to be for Chinese speakers learning English and they don't need romanized PinYin.

thanks,

Laurence Svirchev
Vancouver Canada

[Spiderman Too]

Both of the following meet your requirements; the first has a link to download a free copy.

http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict_welcome.php?url=%2Fchindict%2Fchindict.php

http://82.182.78.97/dictionary/Wordsearch.asp

And for medical / medicine vocabulary (but no pinyin), try these;

http://www.esaurus.org/

http://drug.esaurus.org/

[NateM]

I think they meant a handheld, electronic dictionary, not an online one.

I was searching for what you described, (with touchscreen for writing out characters), and wasn't able to find anything. The closest I got was the Oxford 7250, which says the characters for you, but it's pretty hard to discern what it's saying. I'm kinda regretting my purchase.

[Laurence Svirchev]

Yes, I meant a hand-held, pocket dictionary.

Laurence Svirchev
Vancouver Canada