Zhuyin

Name: Zhuyin
Rating: 4.526315789473684 (19 reviews)
Author: Phoebe Tai

Add zhuyin fuhao next to Chinese characters.

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Zhuyin is a user-friendly Chrome extension designed to aid learners of traditional Chinese by adding zhuyin fuhao (bopomofo) annotations next to Chinese characters on websites. This tool simplifies reading and understanding Chinese text by providing phonetic guides directly in the browser, making it especially useful for language students at any level. Whether studying for personal growth or academic purposes, Zhuyin enhances the reading experience and supports your learning journey with traditional Chinese script.

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By:

Phoebe Tai

Users:

4,000

Rating:

4.53

(19)

Version:

3.2 Last updated: 2017-09-21

Creation date:

2017-09-20

Risk:

Permissions:

activeTab

Size:

6.40MB

Full description:

Source:

Chrome Web Store

Updated:

16 hours ago

Ranking

# 14,226 ▲ 973

Other rankings

#498 in Accessibility

User reviews

Zhuyin is praised for making Mandarin and Taiwanese Mandarin learning more accessible, especially for children, by showing Zhuyin pronunciations directly on webpages. Users find it useful and creative. However, multiple users note issues such as lack of Simplified Chinese support, occasional bugs where Zhuyin fails to display, and unwanted changes to webpage fonts. Requests for more font customization indicate room for improvement. Overall, it is valued as a practical language learning extension but could benefit from addressing these technical and UI concerns.

Pros

Helps children and learners effectively access Zhuyin and Mandarin pronunciation.
Useful and practical tool for Taiwanese Mandarin learning.
Easy to see a word's Zhuyin without needing to look it up separately.
Appreciated for aiding language learning with creative functionality.
Well-liked by users for enhancing Mandarin pronunciation learning experience.

Cons

Does not support Simplified Chinese characters, limiting usability.
Sometimes buggy; Zhuyin does not always show consistently.
Changes font style of letters on webpages, which some users may find undesirable.
Some users want more customization options such as different font styles and adjustable font sizes for Zhuyin.

Recent reviews

[這項擴充功能未遵循 Chrome 擴充功能的最佳做法，因此已無法使用。] zhuiyn對於低幼孩子使用網路資源是個非常實用的工具，但近期使用時發現出現上述警示語而無法使用。非常期盼開發者能修正功能，讓這個好用的工具能繼續嘉惠學童~

al*****, 2025-04-17

seems pretty helpful for learning taiwanese mandarin

Ro*****, 2024-12-06

Very useful for children! But there's one minor request... Does anyone know how to change the font to a "sans" font, rather than the default "serif" one? Thank you!

MI*****, 2024-03-31

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Zhuyin does not require any sensitive permissions.

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Risk likelihood

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

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