# Cantonese English Dictionary + — user reviews > 132 indexed App Store user reviews of Cantonese English Dictionary + by Sing Fu Chan, rated 4.40/5 from 496 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cantonese-english-dictionary-plus/id848119310/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cantonese-english-dictionary-plus/id848119310.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 349 · 4★ 72 · 3★ 23 · 2★ 14 · 1★ 38 ## What do users think of Cantonese English Dictionary +? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 💻 Versatile dictionary - 🔊 Accurate Cantonese pronunciations - 🗣️ Helpful for learning Cantonese - 📚 Comprehensive vocabulary coverage **Cons** - 🔍 Limited translation capabilities beyond single words - 🌐 Inconsistent handling of Cantonese vs Mandarin - 💰 Excessive advertising - 🐛 Bugs and crashes after updates **Commonly reported bugs** - Audio playback issues - Compatibility problems with newer iOS versions - Inability to use handwriting input **Most requested features** - Ability to translate full sentences - Option to toggle between Jyutping and Pinyin - Vocabulary for specific domains (e.g. medical) - Improved search and browsing functionality ## Newest reviews (10 of 132) ### 3/5 — Too many mistakes with tones *2026-05-10, version 7.2.3* Perhaps there should be a link for users to send in their discoveries of mistakes. ### 4/5 — Great app but.. *2026-01-30, version 7.2.3* This is very helpful for me as Cantonese is my second language. But recent update you are not able to cancel the ad once it’s finished. Please fix this !! ### 2/5 — No Jyut Pin *2026-01-04, version 7.2.3* An update or two ago, this app would show pronunciations in both jyut pin and pin yin. Now it’s even worse. It’s showing jyut pin as the pin yin! ### 3/5 — Very Limited *2025-02-18* This is exactly what it’s called, a dictionary. I’m a native Cantonese speaker. I have been using this app to make connections to Mandarin words. And the only best use so far I’ve found is to search by Chinese characters to see how they’re pronounced in Canto (pronunciations are spot on A+). Aside from that, all else is very limited. Translating from English is limited to mostly single words. Put in two or more and it doesn’t always give you a translation. Basically don’t expect this to be like Google Translation which is also still very limited with Cantonese, too. Tip: if you searched Chinese words that you heard in Mandarin and it doesn’t give any results, it’s likely not used in that way in Canto. ### 4/5 — Great but… *2024-11-20, version 6.13.1* It is awesome, but I wish it would translate all words to Cantonese, not just the ones it can find in the app. ### 4/5 — Delay/Lag! *2024-03-13, version 6.13.0* The overall application was awesome and even better than other competitives; however, the reason I gave 4 stars only was the annoying typing delay/lag! Please fix it! ### 3/5 — 不能用 *2023-04-04, version 6.5.0* 不能用手寫字查問 ### 4/5 — Useless now! *2023-03-11, version 6.4.2* It used to be good, now I can’t even try to write a Chinese word to translate ### 4/5 — Love this Cantonese Dictionary *2022-12-03, version 6.4.2* Please minimise the meanings, if I search for a word there’s multiple translations that comes up. Example I searched for “plumber”, there’s too many translations and this also applies to other words I’ve searched/translated. ### 1/5 — Not authentic Cantonese *2021-10-19, version 6.2.1* Translated from Mandarin, not Cantonese ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — なぜこんな改悪を… *2025-09-15* 一検索で廣東話と普通話の表記&ピンインが同時に出てくる唯一無二の強みがあったのに、今度のアプデでピンインが広東語しか出なくなってしまった。なんでこんな改悪を、すぐ元に戻してくれ… ### 1/5 — Update Disappointment!! *2025-09-11, version 7.2.0* Why is the update a disappointment because it’s now messed up. Cantonese and Mandarin had swapped! Why do I want this app when I can use Google translation for free in Mandarin? Also I’ve purchased the removed ad and now the app doesn’t recognize!? I can’t restore my purchase…should have left this alone!! 😭😭 ### 1/5 — Ads handling ruined this app *2025-07-28, version 6.15.0* Although ads are important to app developers, the unusual way ads are handled by this app makes this otherwise nice app relatively useless. Sad. ### 1/5 — Ads, ads, ads! *2025-04-03, version 6.15.0* Cannot use the app because the large ads appear, take up almost the entire screen, not possible to close the ads, therefore cannot use the translation app! ### 1/5 — Blocked by ad *2023-11-28, version 6.7.0* Can’t be used due to blocking by ad ### 1/5 — Feedback *2023-04-06, version 6.5.0* This app doesn’t work. ### 1/5 — App is defective *2023-04-01, version 6.5.0* This app is defective since the update to include ads. Developer is making no attempt to fix the problem. Too bad since it was one of my favorite Chinese apps. ### 1/5 — block using the function *2023-03-10, version 6.4.2* I cannot continue with the function unless I choose to buy in the advertisement free. This is unethical. ### 1/5 — 使いにくい *2023-02-27* 早くアップデートして欲しい！ ### 1/5 — 廢語言工具 *2023-01-07, version 6.4.2* 輸入了字，但是無按鈕去執行行動.按鈕可能是因為俾廣告遮住咗！ ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — My Go-To Chinese dictionary *2026-01-01, version 7.2.3* The dictionary is the most versatile of all dictionaries I have used. A search can be done using English or Chinese (traditional or simplified characters). The pronunciation guide is given in both Cantonese and Mandarin. Aside from offering the meaning of a single word, the dictionary also lists phrases and idiomatic expressions using the word. ### 5/5 — Very helpful *2025-12-26, version 7.2.3* I love this app because it is the only one I found that does Cantonese translations. Thank you to the app developer! ### 5/5 — Good but many ads *2025-09-15, version 7.2.1* Generally quite good, but getting too heavy on advertising… ### 5/5 — 广东话的发音 *2025-01-31, version 6.13.1* 好好用的 ### 5/5 — Great *2024-03-23, version 6.13.1* Please less advertising ### 5/5 — amazing *2023-10-17, version 6.7.0* fantastic app for people looking to expand their cantonese vocabulary ### 5/5 — Cantonese *2023-07-04, version 6.7.0* A MUST HAVE APP FOR CANTONESE ### 5/5 — A bit late but… *2023-06-23, version 6.7.0* I downloaded this app about a decade ago and it was basically the only reason why I survived Cantonese classes in Hong Kong. The classes I took were for non-Chinese students, but they were still really difficult, especially for someone who had zero knowledge in Cantonese. And the school I went to actually placed me in a class where the students had already taken at least 3 years of Cantonese classes because I went to Hong Kong halfway through high school. I’m happy to see how much this app has improved since then and hope the developer keeps up the great work. And thank you for helping me survive high school. :) ### 5/5 — Mo *2022-11-03, version 6.4.0* I find these three languages are most useful and is helping me to improve my language skills. ### 5/5 — Super helpful as an ABC *2022-09-15, version 6.2.1* I needed to use this to translate for my job for patients and it was extremely helpful because I couldn’t remember certain vocabulary words. I hated the ads but paid a fair price to get rid of it. I think there should be some updates where there are vocabulary for different occupations like the medical field. I worry that I am not using the correct term when I explain stuff so if there could be these changes, it would help a lot! :) --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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