Key5

Multi-function Chinese-English dictionary software for the study and teaching of Chinese.

Many of Key5's functions are designed for teachers to create worksheets and exams for non-native speakers of Chinese.
However, Key5 is also a professional-grade tool for translators and researchers working between English and Chinese.
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- Icon driven user interface with redesigned toolbars
- Interactive Web Publishing: (Non-ambiguous Pinyin Publishing with background digraphia, browser-readable HTML files) The KEY system automatically generates the HTML version of any Chinese text according to your publishing specifications.
- English, French and Chinese user interface
- Draw mode where you can draw lines to emphasize text
- Easy Chinese text entry though standard Pinyin, Zhuyin Fuhao or Radical/Stroke
- TTS (Text To Speech) system reads Chinese text in standard Putonghua
- Automatic adding of Pinyin with tone marks to any Chinese character text
- Complete analysis of Chinese Web text as authentic learning/teaching material
- Support for both traditional & simplified (fanti & giant) characters
- Accurate bidirectional conversion between fanti and jianti text
- Recently updated C/E dictionary of 300,000 terms
- fanti/jianti correspondence at a glance: 25,000 Chinese characters
- automatic compliance with the standard in Pinyin orthography
- number/measure-word combinations with automatic translation as an option, tone changes (sandhi) reflected in Pinyin

Installs easily and runs perfectly Linux host. 2018 Running GA 170X, 32gig ram, core i7 6700, Kubuntu 17, Manjaro.

UPDATE 2020 Oct. Key5 continues to run perfectly in Crossover 19. Key5 remains one of the very best off-line Chinese language study and translation tools. If you're a translator or serious student of the Chinese language, try Key5 which runs flawlessly in Crossover.