shanghai university of finance and economics - phone app guide

SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS

AUTHOR: MORGAN J GOUGH

PHONE APPS FOR

LIFE IN SHANGHAI

SHANGHAI SURVIVAL GUIDE #1



WELCOME!So you’ve made the great choice of coming to study with us at the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, and you’re preparing yourself to come here to China. But what do you need to help you survive and thrive during your time here in Shanghai?

Well, look no further ladies and gentlemen, because our mini-guide phone apps will help prepare you for your Shanghai and China adventure! All of the phone apps listed here are free, so that all of our students can use them.

Life in Shanghai is definitely much easier with a smartphone packed with useful apps to help you survive and make your way around the city. So before you arrive, make sure you download some of these great apps which will make your life in Shanghai much easier!



Even if you don’t know how to write or type Chinese characters yourself, make sure you download a Chinese character language keyboard for your phone.

It’s really important that your phone can at least receive and display Chinese characters.

For Android users, try Google’s own pinyin keyboard:

CHINESE KEYBOARD

Where would our students be without a trusty dictionary to take around with them everywhere during their time studying in China? For the best (and free) dictionary, look no further than Pleco.

Packed with thousands of words and sample sentences, alongside a tool to handwrite and recognize Chinese characters, Pleco really is an amazing tool for learning Chinese.

The main dictionary is great and free, but you can pay for extra add-ons. One Pleco add-on that allows you to take a photo of Chinese characters and it will translate them for you.

PLECO DICTIONARY

http://bit.ly/1j9wFJu

http://bit.ly/TQsZHA

Android:

iOS:

Android:

iOS:

http://bit.ly/1vzeJ1J

Settings > Keyboards > International > Add new Keyboard > Find Chinese - Simplified Pinyin



BAIDU MAPS (百度地图)

Shanghai is a huge city – you can’t understand just how big it is until you come here and see for yourself. To stop you getting lost, you need to download a map you can trust!

As Google often has limited service in China due to the ‘Great Firewall’, don’t rely on using Google Maps to get around. So what’s the alternative?

To find out where you are going, China’s own Baidu Maps is the best map you can use in China. The only problem is that you will have to use Chinese characters or pinyin to really get the most out of it.

WECHAT (微信)

Android:

iOS:

WeChat is the Chinese equivalent of WhatsApp (and actually better, some would say), and it is hugely popular in China.

If you want to stay in contact with friends (both Chinese and non-Chinese), then WeChat is an app you must download.

Oh, and make sure to subscribe to the SUFE WeChat channel for all of the important news for international students – find us by looking for SUFE ISS.

Android:

iOS:

http://bit.ly/1qoZGbs

http://bit.ly/1inWoP9

http://bit.ly/1exkkAk

http://bit.ly/1jiRSCH



QQ MESSENGER

QQ is the Chinese equivalent of MSN, and is a great way to communicate with people online. Although the recent popularity of WeChat led has many people to stop using QQ, it’s still definitely worth downloading.

Many university groups and societies will use QQ to organize their activities, and it’s a very useful way to stay in contact.

There are two versions of QQ. One is the Chinese version, and the other is the English version (QQ International). The following links are for QQ International:

http://bit.ly/TEqRlC

http://bit.ly/1kgAY7n

http://bit.ly/1sZQrSI

http://bit.ly/1vzffwI

DIAN PING (点评)

It’s no secret that Chinese people are huge food fans, and many call themselves 吃或 (chī huò) which roughly translates as “foodie”.

So it’s no surprise that Chinese foodies have plenty of food apps to help them find the tastiest places to eat.

If you want to find the best places to eat in Shang-hai, then you definitely need to download Dian Ping!

Android:

iOS:Android:

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