Pinyinify

Pinyinify

This extension replaces all Chinese characters with pinyin

What is Pinyinify?
Pinyinify is a Chrome extension that replaces all Chinese characters with their pinyin equivalents. It is designed for people who are unable to read Chinese characters.
Merlin
Stats
Users: 185 ▼ -11
Rating: 3.50 (2)
Version: 1.3 (Last updated: 2016-07-14)
Creation date: 2016-07-13
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • tabs
  • storage
  • http://*/*
  • https://*/*
Size: 307.20K
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Summary

Replaces Chinese hànzì with their pīnyīn equivalents for ABCs like me who aren't able to read Chinese characters.

1.3 Added enable/disable toggle button

Source Code: https://github.com/TheMichaelHu/pinyinify

This product uses the UNIHAN database: http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr38/

User reviews
It does replaces, but also screw the web page css
by Philippe Silva Philippe Silva, 2019-09-08

great extension ...xie xie
by Donnie Chen Donnie Chen, 2016-05-31
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Safety
Risk impact

Pinyinify is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Pinyinify if you trust the publisher.

Risk likelihood

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

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