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Update History 2007

2007

  • 16th January 2008
    A very belated 新年快樂 to you all!  I have been very busy so haven't had time to update the site or join in on the forums as much as I would like.  
    I have kindly been sent many new sound files by bernard and am busy processing them all. 10 have just been uploaded. 
  • 26th November
    22 Cantonese sentences now have audio added. Many thanks to bernard for recording these files. Please see this link if you would like to send in your own recordings.
    27 level 2 Cantonese sentences now have audio added. Again thanks to my dad for this.
  • 12th November
    All of the level 1 Cantonese sentences now have audio added. Now this actually only needed six files to be added, but I have a few dozen more level 2 ones to process and upload soon. Thanks to my dad for taking the time to record them!  
  • 11th November
    CantoDict bug fixed - you can now filter words by "Cantonese only" again.
    No other updates of note, I've been very busy at work :-(
  • 20th October
    This site has been suffering from a form of Denial of Service attack, so if you have had trouble accessing it that is why.  Measures are being taken to block the problem IP range. More info... 
  • 16th October
    No updates for a while as I have been away. Apologies to anyone that has been mailing the site, if I haven't replied yet I will do soon!  More info...
    21st August
    New script: most frequently used characters in CantoDict.
    Over 500 characters have ben added to CantoDict, but we need help to edit them.
    9th August
    Many congratulations to Dylan on the birth of his baby boy!  More Info...
  • 8th August
    CantoDict's KangXi radical search has now been updated to show all 214 radicals plus variants. More info... 
    There have also been some interface improvements for CantoDict editors, based on their feedback.
  • 12th July
    There is a new Chinese Word Puzzle game to print out or play online.
    CantoDict continues to improve with the help of our editors, and we now have a staggering 40,000+ original compound word entries.
    We are also working to standardise our notations, and add notes and links to the main entries where appropriate (these can be incredibly useful).
  • 15th June
    Bad news I'm afraid.  Recently this site suffered an SQL injection hack that caused our forum pages to download a virus onto some users' computers.
    If you use Internet Explorer, please read this post for more information.
  • 2nd May
     A new poem with audio readings has been added to the Poetry Section (with thanks to our forum users).
    CantoDict can now translate entire webpages!  There are restrictions though unfortunately, so please read more about it here.
  • 31st March
     Chris has now released a Windows Desktop port of Study Chinese PDA!
  • 21st March
     One of our visitors has coded a snazzy Pocket PC Chinese Flashcards program and donated it to the site! See here for more details on how to download it.
    In other good news, our forums should now thankfully work again when searching for Chinese.
    There have been numerous CantoDict tweaks and additions to. Please visit the CantoDict forum to see what's been happening (eg: editors can now finally add characters).
  • 2nd March
     Version 2 of the CantoDict parser is now in development with efforts being made to improve the Chinese translation. If you would like to try the beta and give suggestions for improvements, please see this thread.
  • 25th February
     Thanks to some new editors, we now have over 360 example sentences in the database.  I've just added audio for a few more too.
  • 15th February
     Our forums now have the facility to show everyone where you are in the world!
  • 14th February
     No romantic messages this year, as I am well and truly laid up with flu!
    However, I've had all the bed rest I can stand so I've added a nice new feature to CantoDict...
  • 17th January
     50 Christmas-themed sentences have now been added to CantoDict. The Cantonese ones all have audio!
  • 14th January
     CantoDict version 1.3.6 now live on the site.

2006

2005

  • 24th December
    I hope you all have a peaceful, safe and joyful Christmas.
    I'll be away for a few days but will be back to do lots of site updates in the New Year.
    Best Wishes,
  • 27th November
    As requested, a dedicated forum for CantoDict has now been created.
    The forums themselves have been upgraded to include a rather nice editor for us to use when posting.
  • 30th October
    Magnetic Cantonese Flashcards are now available for purchase in the online shop. So now you can learn Chinese, decorate your fridge and help support the site all at the same time!  
    CantoDict v1.2.1 - new parsing script incorporated to show popup help for compound words.
  • 22nd October
    If you know anything about MySQL and unicode, could you please read this thread, as I could do with some help - thanks!
     13th October
    I've just returned from my Hong Kong holiday, and met three very nice people from our forums whilst I was there.
    I'm pretty jet-lagged still, but I have managed to update the Chinese Fonts page with new links.
  • 12th September
    CantoDict v1.1.1 - Character List improved.
    1000s of missing pinyin entries added thanks to bybell.
    New: Google Frequency added to Word View, again, thanks to bybell for providing the data.
  • 11th September
    CantoDict v1.1.0 - CantoDict settings can now be customised via your forum account.
    There is now a table showing different features of this website, depending on whether you are a Tourist, Free Member or Premium Member. 
  • 5th September
    The forums now offer a paid subscription feature for all budgets. This helps fund the website and also means that you can browse advert-free forums. More Information...
    A new (updated) set of Cantonese fonts is available for free download. Go and grab them now!
  • 4th September
    Wow, over 10,000 words have now been added to CantoDict!  Thanks as always to our amazing team of editors.
    CantoDict v1.0.9 - see the Change Log for details.
    Just for fun: the forums now have "user rankings" - go and check your rank now! (link requires you to be logged into the forums).
  • 26th August
    A new quiz is currently in testing. For an early preview go to Chinese Word Quiz.
    In other scary news, 聽日我三十歲
  • 25th July
    CantoDict v1.08 - see the Change Log for details.
  • 24th July
    An RSS feed has just been added to the forums. If you find this helpful please post to this thread, to explain why RSS is cool to those of us who don't use it!
  • 23rd July
    CantoDict v1.07 : Jjyutping searches for compound words are now possible, eg search for "baak faan".
  • 18th July
    Many thanks to Steve for posting me a massive list of threads that needed to be moved into the new Parents Forum.
  • 7th July
    By popular request, we have a new Parents Forum.
  • 30th June
    New link added: Medical Chinese - a site providing medical vocabulary, such as phrases used when taking a Physical.  Unusually, it contains Cantonese as well as Mandarin!
  • 1st June
    The database server has been tweaked and upgraded, which should (hopefully) see performance benefits in the forums and CantoDict.
    22nd May
    It has taken a dismaying amount of time to recover from my recent Computer Crash. Thankfully I didn't lose anything irreplaceable thanks to a program called GetDataBack.
    I'm hoping to start updating the site properly again soon.
    I'd also like to belatedly welcome our newest CantoDict editor, Romano Conte.
    10th April
    CantoDict has a new Idioms Section and is now on version 1.04.
  • 9th April
    We have a new Food and Cookery forum, please whet your appetite by taking a look!
    A lost revision sheet, Sport has been reinstated.
    The Dim Sum sheets have (finally) been updated.
  • 8th April
    Welcome to our newest CantoDict editor, Emerald!
    Emerald has been adding lots of Cantonese words and examples.
  • 5th April
    The site is now offering some branded merchandise in the form of a set of Deluxe Flashcards. If you would like to help the site out and get a set of snazzy cards to use or give away, then please order some!
    Thanks to A-Dat for the new Dim Sum Wordsearch, which you can e-mail people at work!
    CantoDict now allows searching by Mandarin Pinyin.
  • 23rd February
    There is an entertaining interview with Larry Feign in the Experiences section. Larry is a cartoonist who created the famous "Lily Wong" strip for the Hong Kong Standard.
  • 15th February 2005
    My friend Karl kindly gave me these pictures of Chinese New Year in London. 

    ...I've been doing a lot of programming for the site over the past few months and although I enjoy that, I'm hoping to get back to writing some standard articles soon.
  • 13th February 2005
    Just a reminder that CantoDict now has examples added to some words. The list of recently added examples is a good place to visit for learners.
  • 9th February 2005
    A Happy and Peaceful New Year of the Rooster to you all!  Please share how you've celebrated here!
  • 30th January 2005
    Our forums have been upgraded to use the latest Phorum 5 code. Additionally, the whole server is now using MySQL 4.1.
    The upgrades are still in progress but hopefully we are past the worst glitches... 
  • 23rd January 2005
    CantoDict has moved to version 1.0.0!  The reason for this is that I've added a feature I'm pretty excited about, namely: usage examples. To comment on this addition please post here.  
    Also, Yeegs is our newest editor, thanks Yeegs!
  • 16th January 2005
    I'd like to welcome our three newest editors for CantoDict, Ray, duaaagiii and Wonton.
    CantoDict is the official name for the site database now by the way, and has had Mandarin pinyin support added as well as several other new features.

2004 updates available here.

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