Pinyin Annotator
A browser extension overlays Hanyu Pinyin annotations over Chinese characters present in web pages and video closed captions.
Pinyin Annotator - Enhance Your Chinese Learning
"Pinyin Annotator" is a browser extension that enhances your Chinese language learning by overlaying Hanyu Pinyin annotations on Chinese characters in web pages and video closed captions. It supports both Simplified and Traditional Chinese and allows for easy text highlighting and dictionary lookup. Ideal for video streaming, it integrates directly with platforms like Netflix, YouTube, and more. As an open-source project, users can access the code, build it themselves, or contribute on GitHub, and toggle annotations easily with a keyboard shortcut.
Extension stats
Manifest V3
Permissions:
- storage
- activeTab
- scripting
Size: 7.48M
Email: pi*****@8shield.net
URLs: Privacy policy
Full description: See detailed description
Other platforms
Not available on Android
Not available on Edge
User reviews
super cool! very underrated.
by 
Crystaltech _art, 2025-02-17
Crystaltech _art, 2025-02-17dang this is way better than trying to use chatgpt to make one for an hour for an hour for it to not work it is instant
by 
Tigo 333, 2024-10-08
Tigo 333, 2024-10-08This thing is good, just need ability to change the pin yin also in <pre></pre> tag and having shortcut key to activate and deactivate the pin yin, then it will be awesome!
by 
Benyamin Limanto, 2024-04-12
Benyamin Limanto, 2024-04-12Extension safety
Risk impact
Pinyin Annotator requires very minimum permissions.
Risk impact analysis details
- High Injects scripts into web pages, which may alter or extract site contents, resulting in a substantial risk.
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Risk likelihood
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- High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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