October 12, 2022
I have a big feature in the works. For some "compound" words, you can now see a breakdown of what each character means. Look at the page for hello or pink for a couple of examples! I did manually add these to the database, so it's going to be a long, kind of slow project to actually fill in this information for more words.
New translations:
- raw
- breakfast
- evening
- early
- noon
October 10, 2022
I have just about two weeks left in my sabbatical, and I'm trying to make sure I have everything sorted out so the updates are slowing down a bit. The one big change I added was that a translation will be shown directly if you search a word that's designated as a synonym of another word. So trying to translate "hi" will take you directly to the page for "hello" instead of showing search options.
New translations:
- straight
- don't need to
- to open, to turn on
- to bite
- to rise
- fruit
- You don't have to turn on the AC
October 7, 2022
A bunch of little things today...
I had this crazy bug where all of the translations would show up if you searched the word "0". But that's fixed now. I also fixed a bug that would result in duplicate words showing up when you searched.
I also added a new feature--you can now search using traditional characters!
And I updated the UI a little. If you're looking at the site on desktop or with a larger viewport, the tables won't take up the full width of the page.
And finally, I have some content updates. I created a new category for "Linking/Transitive Verbs", and moved some of the words that were under "Basics" to it. (Yeah, I googled "types of verbs" and I'm not even sure I fully understand it all) I also added these translations:
- box
- bag
- completed
- to take
- Eat all of it
October 6, 2022
After looking at the various possible Chinese characters to choose from for the translation for "to boil", I decided that it was time to start supporting alternate Chinese characters in the database. I'm not totally sure I love the implementation that I chose for it, but it's a start.
New translations, all food related:
- salty
- sweet
- fried rice
- jujube
- to pan fry
- to stir fry
- to brew
- to make coffee
- to make tea
- leftover
October 5, 2022
I'm back from vacation! I know, I've been on sabbatical this whole time, but I'm back from my vacation during my sabbatical.
I split out the translations for he, she, and it into separate words, since they're separate words in english. I also modified some sentence translations in the database. I learned that you can use 在 do6(7) to say that you are currently doing something. I don't think it's absolutely necessary, and you can use context and still omit the word, but for the sentence flashcards I'll try to be more proper.
New translations:
- not
- cabbage
- to boil
- to cook rice
- She is watching TV
- He is already asleep
- I have already eaten