Pinyinizer

Annotate Hanzi (汉字) on the page with ruby.

Pinyinizer: Hanzi to Pinyin Annotation Chrome Extension

Pinyinizer is a unique Chrome extension developed to aid Chinese language learning. It detects and annotates 汉字 (Hanzi) with their corresponding 拼音 (Pinyin) on any webpage in a format known as 'ruby'. Simply click the icon and watch as Hanzi on the page come alive with Pinyin annotations. Pinyinizer takes Chinese language immersion to the next level, making it a fun and engaging process.

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Extension stats

By: Shinya Fujino

Users: 971

-11

Rating: 4.50

(10)

Version: 0.1.0 (Last updated: 2017-04-30)

Creation date: 2017-04-30

Permissions:

activeTab

Size: 92.88K

Email: sh*****@gmail.com

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 31,000 ▼ 158

Other rankings

#12501 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 189

Other platforms

Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

User reviews

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Pros

Excellent tool for Chinese learners
Works very well and saved my life
Works perfectly

Cons

Can cause the page to lag or freeze
Broke the page on the Xinhua News site
Only works with simplified characters

Most mentioned

Great tool for Chinese learners
Issues with Xinhua News site
Functionality limited to simplified characters

User reviews

Excellent and a life-saver for Chinese learners! It might make your page lag/periodically freeze but if you're patient and careful enough, it won't be much of an issue.

st星r, 2024-07-25

Tried it on the Xinhua News site; broke the page very badly. Do not recommend.

Enopoletus Harding, 2021-03-27

Very great tool for Chinese learner.

G. A., 2021-02-05

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Pinyinizer requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

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