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
September 27, 2022
Exciting new update!! I've enhanced the Search feature so you can now search via Peng'im. This was kind of tricky, and I didn't really make it support everything, but you can type something in like "gio" to see all the words that have that in the Peng'im. You can also include the number, but this only really works with base tones, not changed ones.
And some new translations:
- rice (uncooked)
- rice vermicelli
- to walk
- to think