ZDT 0.6.1 / 0.7.0 Beta 3

ZDT (Zhongwen Development Tool) is a program written to help users study Mandarin Chinese. Users can create their own word lists and quizzes using the built in flash cards.
There is also a dictionary that can be used to search through the built in CEDICT (and optional Adso) databases. Users can input Chinese characters and get the associated pinyin and English definitions through the Annotation function.
This makes it convenient to read blocks of Chinese text. The program is built on top of the Eclipse RCP platform, which allows it to be extendable through its plugin architecture. It runs on Linux, OS X, and Windows platforms.
Main features:
- Three different flashcard modes - Memorize those words!
- Create categories for your vocabulary - Organize your character lists however you like. Test yourself using any combination of categories.
- Default word lists - Comes with the top 500 frequently used characters and the Kangxi Radicals character lists.
- Easily import and export character lists - Get new character lists. Contribute your own and help others out! You can also export your lists into other popular programs like VTrain, PlecoDict, and SuperMemo.
- Practice writing chinese characters - By generating custom practice writing sheets using your own categories.
- Simplified and Traditional character support - View characters in either mode.
- Searchable database - Lookup entries by character, pinyin or english definition.
- Chinese text annotation - Get mouseover popups with character definitions. Displays the corresponding pinyin as you type.
- Integrated web browser - Surf Chinese based sites and easily add new vocabulary.
- Sound support [Beta] - Available as a separate plugin. Hear a native mandarin speaker speak selected characters.
- Native CEDICT support and optional Adso support - The Cedict database contains approximately 27,000 entries. The Adso database contains more than 120,000 entries and now has traditional character support.
- Extensible - based on Eclipse RCP platform with its nice plugin architecture.
- Free and Open Source - CPL based license. Free is always good!
- Available for Windows, Linux and Mac platforms