iPad: Creating Flashcards

iPad / iPad Mini User Guide

Creating Flashcards

You can create flashcards from dictionary words or as custom flashcards.

Creating flashcards using the dictionary

1. From the Dictionary tab, search for the word you want to add to your flashcards and navigate to the

word detail screen (see searching the dictionary for instructions).

2. Tap the “Add Card” button. The Edit Word screen will be displayed on the right.

3. Select the directory to place the word into and edit the word details if required or accept the default

dictionary definition and click the blue Save button.

4. You can now see your word in the word list on the Flashcards tab. By default (you can change this in

Settings), this word will automatically be included in your study set.

Creating custom flashcards

1. In the Flashcards tab, tap the “+” button and then tap “Add Word”. The create New Word screen will

be displayed.

2. Enter the word details and tap the blue Save button. Pinyin should be entered using numbers for tone

marks

To enter “zī rán”, you would enter “zi1 ran2”. the neutral tone such as “ma” would be entered using the

5th tone. eg. “ni3 hao3 ma5”

3. You can now see your word in the word list on the Flashcards tab. By default, this word will

automatically be included in your study set (you can change this in

Settings).