What is nciku mobile?
How do I use nciku mobile?
What phones support nciku mobile?
Why doesn't nciku mobile display properly on my phone?
Is nciku available as an offline mobile app?
Who makes nciku mobile?
How do I contact nciku?
What is nciku mobile?
nciku mobile is the mobile version of nciku.com, a free online Chinese-English dictionary. It uses the same extensive database of words, idioms and examples as the parent site, and new content is uploaded daily to help you realize your language learning goals. nciku mobile is optimized for devices with small screens and low-bandwidth internet connections, and focuses on presenting the most essential content in a streamlined and simplified format.
How do I use nciku mobile?
To use nciku mobile, simply enter m.nciku.com into your mobile phone's web browser, enter your search term - which can be English, Chinese or Pinyin - into the search box, and press 'search'.
What phones support nciku mobile?
nciku mobile is designed to support almost any mobile phone released in the last 5 years or more - as long as your phone has an internet connection and supports XHTML Mobile Profile (also known as WAP 2.0), you should be able to use nciku mobile. You can also access nciku mobile on your desktop web browser if you want a simpler and more streamlined site - but remember, you'll be missing out on our advanced features such as handwriting recognition, audio pronunciation for all of our entries and examples, user vocab lists and more.
Why doesn't nciku mobile display properly on my phone?
If you bought your phone outside China, your phone might not support Chinese characters. You might be able to install Chinese character support by downloading a patch from your manufacturer's website, or by visiting a service center and asking them to help you install Chinese language support. If you live in an area with a large Chinese population, you might also be able to find a shop in your local Chinatown that will install Chinese character support on your phone for a small fee.
Apart from Chinese character support, some phone models also do not support all the IPA pronunciation symbols for English words. Unfortunately we aren't aware of any way to install IPA support onto a mobile phone, but we think that mobile nciku will be useful even without full IPA support.
Is nciku available as an offline mobile app?
Yes - our mobile applications are available on the iPhone App Store and Google's Android Market. We've also created a system to let you buy the Android app from us directly for users in China and other countries where Android Market doesn't yet support paid apps. These apps let you look up words in nciku without needing an internet connection, and include additional content and features such as stroke order animations, vocab list tests and flashcards, multiple search modes, audio pronunciation (iPhone only at present) and the nciku handwriting tool.
We also offer a basic downloadable dictionary through Samsung's Bada app store, but at the time of writing (June 2011) we don't have any plans to create downloadable nciku apps for other mobile operating systems. Please check the nciku blog for the latest updates
Who makes nciku mobile?
nciku is a project of Beijing DFHL Company Ltd, and is developed by a team of dedicated people from around the world - in addition to China, staff members hail from Cameroon, England, Italy, Japan, Korea and the United States. Our office is located in Beijing, China.
How do I contact nciku?
If you have problems using nciku or want to make any suggestions, you can contact us by email at help@nciku.com . If you want to advertise on nciku or cooperate with us in some way, please email sales@nciku.com or call us on +86-10-6439-2055 (ext.106).
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