Laowai: released work and what comes next
A dated view of the English/French Laowai app, this website and the open Ukrainian dictionary. Planned work is separate from features you can use in the app today.
Updated . Unreleased milestones have no promised release dates.
iPhone Duo support
Public version 5.3.7 added outer and inner display support. Original released screenshots are available on this website.
See Duo support →Current Laowai: 5.3.8
The English/French app is publicly available. Controls and reader details adapt to Duo displays.
View the App Store →French dictionary guide
A public guide to Chinese word lookup, saved vocabulary and reading.
Read the French guide →Open Ukrainian dictionary
5,596 reading records and 15,435 meaning segments are prepared. 704 records have model review; human review is 0. There are 27 records with known open flags.
Check project status →Ukrainian staging importer
Importer groundwork passed 14 focused checks. This does not implement a user-facing Ukrainian dictionary or interface.
See current limits →
Next milestones — planned
- Publish the approved data package, manifest and verified download links.
- Review the 27 flagged records and begin human review.
- Integrate the Ukrainian dictionary and interface, validate them, and release an actual app update.
No Ukrainian app release date is set. Publishing a dictionary draft is not a release of Ukrainian app support.
Current boundaries
This website has Ukrainian pages; the released Laowai app currently supports English and French. Russian Laowai 5.1.7 remains maintenance-only, with no major update planned here.
This page reports public milestones, not private task logs or an automatic overall-completion score.