Pinyin Reader

Name: Pinyin Reader
Rating: 4.9411764705882355 (17 reviews)
Author: Brendan Johnson

Adds pinyin captions above Chinese Hanzi script

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Pinyin Reader is a helpful Chrome extension designed to enhance your experience when browsing Chinese websites. It automatically adds pinyin captions above all Chinese characters, making it easier to read and understand Hanzi scripts. This tool supports several annotation styles including Hanyu Pinyin with tone marks, Cantonese Jyutping with tone numbers, and tone marks only, catering to different learning preferences and dialects.

Whether you're learning Mandarin or Cantonese, Pinyin Reader simplifies reading by visually clarifying the pronunciation of Chinese characters. It's an invaluable aid for students, travelers, and anyone interested in Chinese language comprehension, providing real-time annotations directly on web pages without the need for additional tools.

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Version:

1.4.1 Last updated: 2018-10-30

Creation date:

2018-10-29

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Permissions:

tabs
activeTab
storage

Size:

6.31M

Email:

br*****@neap.co

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Source:

Chrome Web Store

Updated:

a day ago

Ranking

# 20,084

Other rankings

#1097 in Accessibility ▲ 3 #179 in reader keyword 89 ▲ 8

User reviews

Users praise Pinyin Reader as a highly effective and indispensable tool for learning Chinese, noting its reliable and minimally intrusive design with toggle features. It's especially helpful for individuals familiar with Pinyin. However, common issues include the extension's inability to operate on local HTML files without using a workaround and complaints about the text size being too small in some cases.

Pros

Very helpful for learning Chinese, especially for those familiar with Pinyin (e.g. ABC users).
Works effectively and reliably as expected, providing useful assistance in reading Chinese.
Minimalistic and non-intrusive design with toggle on/off functionality.
Widely appreciated and considered a must-have extension for its purpose.

Cons

Does not work on local HTML files accessed via file:// URLs, requiring workarounds like running a local server.
Text size displayed by the extension is considered too small by some users.

Recent reviews

Fantastic, works like a charm! Thank you.

Brandon Bach, 2024-06-19

用了一下，挺不错

Easy To Do, 2023-10-12

This is such an amazing little helper, an absolute must-have, far above everything else that comes with the "pinyin" extention search results.

Maxim Ksiendzov, 2023-09-17

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Pinyin Reader requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.

Risk likelihood

Pinyin Reader has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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