
Oxford Eng-Chi Dictionaries 4+
Empower your learning
Oxford University Press (China)
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
Trusted and up-to-date dictionaries for English learners
**New words added quarterly, exclusive for subscribers**
▪ Integrated search - find words, phrases and examples in multiple dictionaries
▪ Real-voice audio for words and examples, British and American English both supported (available in Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
▪ Supports both traditional and simplified Chinese characters
▪ Tap any word, label or cross reference to look them up instantly
▪ Use Quick Access to jump to the different parts of an entry
▪ Use My View to choose how much information appears in the dictionary entry
▪ Add bookmarks and notes, set Learning Status, export your own word lists and notes
▪ No internet connection required for dictionary search (except for audio of example sentences and geographical names)
Dictionaries available:
▪ Oxford Advanced Learner's English-Chinese Dictionary *10th edition*
Understand what words mean and how to use them
▪ Oxford Learner's Thesaurus (English-Chinese edition)
Find the right word and know the differences
▪ Oxford Collocations Dictionary (English-Chinese 2nd edition)
Know how words combine and sound more natural
▪ Oxford Business English Dictionary (English-Chinese 2nd edition)
All the help you need to do business in English
▪ Oxford Idioms Dictionary (English-Chinese 2nd edition)
Helping you make light work of idioms
▪ Oxford Phrasal Verbs Dictionary (English-Chinese 2nd edition)
All the help you need to get plugged in to phrasal verbs
▪ Oxford American Dictionary (English-Chinese edition)
Learn to speak and write American English
- Subscribe to try free for 14 days
- 12-month subscription: gives access to all of the dictionaries in the app, including any new words and new dictionaries we add
- One-off purchases: do not come with new word updates; separate purchase required to use newer editions that are released later
- Users of the old "OALECD 8th edition" app can continue to use OALECD 8th edition in this "Oxford English-Chinese Dictionaries" app for free. Subscribe to also enjoy a 3-month free trial on all the dictionaries in this app.
- Users of the old "OBEDEC 2nd edition" app can continue to use OBEDEC 2nd edition in this "Oxford English-Chinese Dictionaries" app for free.
- To activate your previous purchases in this app, please see https://www.oupchina.com.hk/en/oxford-dictionary/app#info > Special offer for existing customers
▪ Payment will be charged to your Apple account at confirmation of purchase
▪ Subscriptions will auto-renew within 24 hours before they expire and you will be charged through your Apple account. You can manage or cancel your subscriptions in your account settings at any time.
▪ Current subscription may not be cancelled during the active subscription period; however, you can manage your subscription and/or turn off auto-renewal by visiting your App Store account settings after purchase
▪ You can use the free trial only once. At the end of the free trial, the subscription fee will be charged unless you cancel the subscription in your App Store account settings at least 24 hours prior to the expiry. If you purchase a new subscription during a free trial, you will forfeit any free trial period remaining from your first subscription.
▪ Please review the terms of use before subscribing or purchasing: https://www.oupchina.com.hk/en/oecd_terms
▪ Privacy Policy: https://global.oup.com/privacy
What’s New
Version 3.2.0
Added 160+ words and meanings related to health and medicine
Ratings and Reviews
need your imperative help
I’ve subbed 1 year and it all worked so well.
but all of a sudden, just minutes ago, my subscription popped out and failed to be loaded.
Please fix it, really appreciate
Developer Response ,
Could you kindly contact us via the app's Settings > Contact support? We shall assist you as quickly as possible. Thank you.
Redownloading problem
I don’t know what’s happening but all of sudden I have to redownload all the dictionaries. Fine, I did it, but then after a few days I have to do it again? A joke that’s not very funny I fear. I doubt it’s my problem because I know some other friends having the same problem.
There’s another problem. Why it becomes so rigid that the words that I’ve bookmarked MUST be retrieved with the dictionary I was using when I bookmarked it? For example, if I bookmark a word X when I read about X from Advanced learner’s dictionary (8e), then, strangely, without downloading Advanced learner’s dictionary (8e), I can’t open the bookmark with Advanced learner’s dictionary (9e), even presumably 9e is better than 8e (correct me if I’m wrong). After all these recent crazy changes of the app, I’m really not sure if I’m going continue my subscription after the expiration of the current one. I’ll keep an eye on how the app is going to improve (or not).
Developer Response ,
Sorry for the trouble. We have released an update to fix the redownload issue - if trouble persists, please do let us know via the app's Settings > Contact Support. Bookmarks would only be accessible from the original database as the entries have changed from 8e to 9e. Once you have the 8e database downloaded, you would be able to access all the bookmarks you have saved from 8e.
Not worth it
I paid for the dictionary but after a few years they decided discontinue to update the app with the latest IOS. And now they ask you to subscribe yearly? How many “new” words you can find in a year for us to “subscribe” to? It's a freaking dictionary, not a Netflix channel.
Developer Response ,
Sorry but the OALECD 7th edition app released in 2012 and has now become obsolete. The dictionary is revised and updated continuously throughout the years by adding new words, phrases and meanings and also new features to facilitate English learning. By subscribing, users would be able to use the most up-to-date content. Should you have further questions please feel free to email us at dict.hk@oup.com. Thank you.
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Information
- Provider
- Oxford University Press (China) Ltd.
- Size
- 23.3 MB
- Category
- Reference
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 13.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2025 Oxford University Press (China) Ltd
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- Subscribe to OECD for 1 year £14.49
- Subscribe to OECD for 1 year £14.49
- Oxf Adv Learner's EC Dict 10e £34.99
- Oxf Adv Learner’s EC Dict 9e £29.99
- Subscribe to OECD for 6 months £9.49
- Oxford Phrasal Verbs Dict (2e) £9.99
- Oxford Collocations Dict 2e EC £24.99
- Oxford Idioms Dictionary (2e) £9.99
- Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus EC £22.99
- Oxf Adv Learner’s EC Dict 8e £29.99