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What to read in Traditional Chinese

Today, the daily edition, has headlines from Traditional Chinese outlets, including 公視新聞網 PTS, 中央社 國際, 中央社 文化, 中央社 運動, 科技新報 TechNews, 泛科學 PanSci and 報導者 The Reporter. Open one and the article opens in the reader, where every word can be tapped.

Reading simplified characters instead? See Chinese, with outlets such as DW 中文 and 少数派 sspai.

The Store has no Traditional Chinese books yet. Books there are in English, French, German, Spanish and Portuguese.

You can also bring your own Traditional Chinese: import a PDF, save a link to a web article, or paste text. Whatever you read, it stays in Traditional Chinese, and help appears only where you ask for it.

How a tap helps

The word turns bold and a note opens under its sentence with the meaning it has here, in your own language. Word analysis gives the root and the form. Select a few words or a sentence to translate just that part.

Every word you tap is saved with its sentence and comes back as a card, at longer and longer gaps, until you know it. Listen reads books, PDFs and your texts aloud in a natural Traditional Chinese voice, sentence by sentence.

Is it right for you?

ContextCat works best once you know enough Traditional Chinese to follow a simple text and want to read more of it. If you are starting from zero, begin with a course, and come back when short texts feel within reach. The guides have ideas on where to start.