Words.hk app
A Cantonese dictionary for everyone
- Search 50,000+ entries using English, Cantonese, Jyutping, or Yale romanization
- Listen to pronunciations for words and example sentences
- View your search history and access your bookmarks conveniently on the home screen
- Available on
App
Store,
Play
Store,
Huawei AppGallery,
and F-Droid
- Open source on GitHub
Video Demo of the Words.hk App on Android
Technologies
- Flutter for cross-platform app development
- flutter_rust_bridge for hooking up Rust search
backend to Flutter UI
- sqflite for persisting search history and bookmarks
locally
- AWS DynamoDB for custom analytics on usage trends
- CDN and OSS from Alibaba Cloud
for fast pronunciation audio delivery