Hanzi Xiaobai

Learning Chinese one tab at a time

Hanzi Xiaobai: Learn Chinese Characters with Every New Tab

Hanzi Xiaobai is a Chrome extension that allows users to practice Chinese skills by providing a random Chinese character, its pronunciation, and English definition with every new tab. Users can also explore sentences from famous books and quotes, watch the correct stroke order, and practice drawing characters. It also offers resources for further learning, such as books, apps, podcasts, and tutors. Contact swann.polydor[at]gmail.com for support or suggestions. Enjoy your Chinese learning journey!
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Extension stats

Manifest V2 Overrides new tab
Users: 119
-3
Rating: 4.86
(7)
Version: 1.0.0 (Last updated: 2020-07-10)
Creation date: 2020-07-09
Permissions:
  • storage
Size: 1.34M
Full description: See detailed description

Other platforms

Not available on Android
Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge

User reviews

Great extension, does more than I expected it (probably more than I needed actually), but I really wish there was a way to customize a bit. For example, it's a little bit difficult to read the translation: the font is small and the contrast is low. Also, I'd love to have the ability to turn off pinyin. In my experience, pinyin makes it harder to memorize characters.
by 者忍, 2021-07-19

I am studying in Japan. And one day my Japanese friend told me that she is using a tool, hanzi xiaobai, to learn Chinese. She told me that she really likes it because the logo of hanzi xiaobai is so cute and she could make the most use of her time studying Chinese. So out of curiosity, I downloaded hanzi xiaobai and I start to like it because it also teaches stroke orders. Hate to admit it that as a native Chinese speaker, my stroke orders are not always right. Hanzi xiaobai is useful to me in this aspect.

My foreign friend asked me to recommend some tools in order to learn the Chinese language. I browsed a lot tools and I liked Hanzixiaobai the best. It is very user-friendly and neat. My friend told me that she really likes it.
by Ada Kuo, 2020-07-10
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Extension safety

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Hanzi Xiaobai requires very minimum permissions.

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  • Medium Can alter new tab settings; fairly benign but with some capability to affect user experience.
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