Dictionary Sources
Online and local references in one app
Youdao MDict StarDict
aDict 3.0 showing a dictionary lookup interface on iPhone
Dictionary Files
Bring the files you already trust
MDX MDD CSS StarDict

For the words between the lines

Your dictionaries belong on every page you read.

  • Youdao from the cloud.
  • MDict and StarDict at hand.
  • Your own wordbooks beside you.
  • Every dictionary you trust, waiting in the margin, a glance away.

Every dictionary, another ear.

Listen to the word as each source hears it.

Favorites

Return to the words you marked without leaving the current lookup.

Dictionaries

Switch between Youdao, StarDict, and local MDict in one lookup.

Local dictionaries, intact

The dictionaries you collected still have a place to live.

Bring the files you already trust into aDict, then read them in the flow of your day. Their structure, resources, and familiar rhythm stay close, while history and favorites remember where each word came from.

01

Bring the dictionaries you already chose.

Drop in your MDX and MDD pairs, sidecar CSS, or StarDict dictionaries. aDict reads them as files, not as imports into a closed library.

02

Read them in their own shape.

Definitions can keep the hierarchy, links, sidecar styling, and resources that made the original dictionary worth keeping.

03

Miss the exact word, stay in the flow.

Suggestions and close-match lookup help you land on the right entry without turning every typo into a dead end.

04

Come back to the same source later.

History and favorites remember the word with its dictionary, so returning to a saved lookup means returning to the source you trusted.