Chinese words separator: Chinese dictionary

Look up the Chinese words of English words as well, and other great tools for learning Mandarin Chinese

Chinese Words Separator: Dictionary & Learning Tool

"Chinese words separator: Chinese dictionary" is a multifunctional Chrome extension that aids learners of Mandarin by providing immediate translations, word separation, and customizable learning features. It includes a searchable dictionary, tools for reading and writing practice, and sentence mining capabilities to enhance your language skills. Ideal for both English and Chinese learners, it offers a rich resource for improving vocabulary and comprehension with a user-friendly interface.
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Extension stats

Users: 3,000+
Rating: 4.74
(38)
Version: 8.24.84.2760 (Last updated: 2025-01-21)
Creation date: 2021-04-13
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
  • contextMenus
  • tts
  • identity
  • tabs
Host permissions:
  • https://accounts.google.com/*
Size: 26.69M

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Not available on Firefox
Chinese words separator: Chinese dictionary (v8.24.84.2721)
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Extension summary

CWS (Chinese words separator) is pronounced as Swiss.

Learn Chinese by reading, listening, and practicing speaking Chinese with this CWS army knife. Oh, and you can practice writing with it too.

Can be used by native Chinese speakers to learn English as well.

Instantly makes any web pages in Chinese as your learning resources.

Suddenly remembers a Chinese word (or needing to quickly know the Chinese word(s) of an English word(or phrase)) that is not in the page? CWS has a searchable dictionary (🔍 icon in CWS toolbar pop-up) that you can use in this situation. You can also use your device's microphone to search the word instead of typing it out.

Set your own learning priorities by color-coding and/or annotating the words with Pinyin(or zhuyin/bopomofo), HSK, or Familiarity. You already know how to pronounce most words, and you need reinforcement on their tones? Just color-code or annotate the hanzi(Chinese character) with tone. You just want to learn the Chinese language without needing to learn hanzi? You can make CWS convert the hanzi to pinyin automatically. The learner decides what to learn based on his/her priorities, not the tool.

Words separator for page and dictionary.

Demystifies Chinese readability by words separation and pinyin(or zhuyin/bopomofo) annotation.

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User reviews

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Pros
  • Great for learning Chinese with multiple features
  • Customizability options and flexibility
  • Active developer engagement and responsiveness
  • Useful keyboard shortcuts for accessibility
  • Excellent integration with other tools like YouTube and Google Translate
Cons
  • User interface can be confusing or convoluted
  • Settings can be hard to find or not well categorized
  • Issues with usability for users with disabilities
  • Some bugs need fixing, such as state not saving
  • Limited language options beyond English
Most mentioned
  • Need for better organization of settings
  • Desire for a dark mode and additional features
  • Concerns about privacy with saving words
  • Requests for additional language support in the dictionary
  • Praise for the extension's overall utility and features
User reviews
Love the extension. A minor usability request if it's possible: I have looked everywhere in the settings for a way to make the pop up dictionary appear above the current word instead of below and can't find a way. I am unable to use a mouse and keyboard due to a disability, so have to position the cursor over characters by voice command. Once the dictionary shows, it usually blocks the next line of text and i have to move it with another voice command to continue reading. You largely have great keyboard shortcuts, so props for that, makes disabled folks's lives easier :-)
by Dionysus Endendros, 2024-11-13

They add the option for pdf file and that is great, but it still doesn't work well on E-book. If they would make it work also on E-books would be great.
by Natan Dobre, 2024-10-31

Bruv, the fact that the dev replied a paragraph to a one word 1 star negative review tells me that this project is active lol. And the man cares about the project. Both beginners to expert benefits from this extension. There are lots of features but the design makes it so that you can use the extension immediately and explore the other settings later to avoid being overwhelmed. Good ting :) and u don't have to respond to negative reviews dev. We know the value, ignore the haters lol Edit: 2 weeks of using it, you can SOMETIMES get lost finding the settings that you want to change, some aren't categorized well ;-; It's a good thing there's a small tip when you hover to a setting so you understand what it does Bias <--> I haven't explored every feature tho so I'm probably not using this extension to its fullest potential, Still 5/5
by Jonathan Sumalia, 2024-09-23
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Extension safety

Risk impact

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Risk likelihood

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