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Credits

Tools, data, and technologies that power p8nda

AI & Language Processing

  • Google Gemini — Powers AI translations, word-by-word breakdowns, contextual explanations, and image OCR (text extraction from screenshots).
  • Claude Code by Anthropic — Used for dictionary content generation, including definitions, example sentences, character breakdowns, tips, and quality assurance. Also assisted in building the web dictionary, OCR feature, and admin dashboard.
  • ElevenLabs — AI text-to-speech used to generate word pronunciation audio with a custom Beijing Mandarin voice. elevenlabs.io

Dictionary Data

  • CC-CEDICT — An excellent community-maintained Chinese-English dictionary. We use it to verify pinyin and traditional character accuracy during entry generation. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • SUBTLEX-CH — Word frequency data based on Chinese film and television subtitles (33.5 million words). Used for frequency rankings in the dictionary.
    Cai, Q., & Brysbaert, M. (2010). SUBTLEX-CH: Chinese Word and Character Frequencies Based on Film Subtitles. PLOS ONE, 5(6), e10729.
  • HSK 3.0 Standard — We use the official 2021 HSK 3.0 word-to-level mapping (汉语水平等级标准) to tag dictionary entries with their HSK level. Word list compiled by krmanik/HSK-3.0.
  • HanziWriter — JavaScript library for Chinese character stroke order animations. Published under the MIT License. hanziwriter.org
  • Make Me a Hanzi — Character stroke data extracted from fonts by Arphic Technology. Published under the Arphic Public License. GitHub

Technology

  • React Native & Expo — Mobile app framework. Built with Expo SDK 55 and expo-router.
  • ASP.NET Core — Backend API and web dictionary. Handles translations, OCR, authentication, and data sync.
  • Hangfire — Background job processing for AI translations and OCR requests.
  • PostgreSQL — Server-side database for user accounts, translations, OCR jobs, and sync data.
  • SQLite (expo-sqlite) — On-device database powering offline dictionary search and local storage.
  • Cloudflare — DNS, CDN, and secure tunneling for the production API.
  • Umami — Privacy-focused, cookie-free, open-source web analytics. Self-hosted. umami.is

Design & Icons

  • Ionicons — Icon set used throughout the app and website. ionic.io/ionicons
  • Tailwind CSS — Utility-first CSS framework used for the website and admin dashboard.

p8nda is built by Michał (MCrow). If you have questions about any of the above, reach out at [email protected] or join our Discord.