Cantonese Popup Dictionary

Cantonese-English pop-up dictionary for Chrome

What is Cantonese Popup Dictionary?

"Cantonese Popup Dictionary" is a Chrome Extension that enhances user experience by instantly translating Cantonese words into English and displaying the pronunciation. Simply hover over the Chinese words, and the plugin does the rest. It employs Yale Romanisation system and incorporates data from Cantonese CEDICT project. It is an adaptation of the "Perapera Chinese Popup Dictionary" plugin.

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By: Nicholas Van Veen

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Users: 2,000+

Rating: 4.72 (36)

Version: 0.0.3 (Last updated: 2015-05-03)

Creation date: 2015-05-03

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

tabs
http://*/*

Size: 9.83M

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 19132 ▼ 186

Other rankings

#24032 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 20 #55 in popup keyword 63 #72 in dictionary keyword 62 ▲ 3

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Summary

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Cantonese-English pop-up dictionary for Chrome. Simply hover the mouse pointer over Chinese words to have both the definition and pronunciation displayed via a pop-up window in real-time. Pronunciation is displayed as Yale romanisation with tone numbers (other configurations are not supported at this time).

This plugin is based on the "Perapera Chinese Popup Dictionary" plugin for Chrome (which is in turn based on several other projects including Rikaikun, Rikaichan and RikaiXUL), with the dictionary replaced with data from Cantonese CEDICT project. The original copyright notices remain intact within the package source files. I take no credit for this; it was a quick and easy hack using existing resources.

Credits:

Perapera Chinese Popup Dictionary - https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/hlcddplhfenagbaipfjhhcjmebhkkaif

Cantonese CEDICT project - https://writecantonese8.wordpress.com/2012/02/04/cantonese-cedict-project

User reviews

User reviews summary

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Very helpful for learners of Hanzi-based languages
Works very well
Some users find the keyboard commands useful

Cons

Doesn't use established romanisation system (Jyutping)
Does not work on local file urls
Seems to pull from a Mandarin dictionary instead of Cantonese
Lacks text to speech feature
Inability to copy the popup

Most mentioned

Desire for Jyutping romanisation system
Need for text to speech feature
Very useful tool for learning
Issue with pulling from Mandarin dictionary

Recent reviews

I wish it used an established romanisation system (Jyutping) rather than a completely made-up one.

Ben MacLeod, 2023-02-05

Works awesome except it doesnt work on local file urls but nevertheless is very helpful!

haneefm7020, 2022-03-18

I love it so much, wish I discovered it earlier!!

Agnes Waye, 2021-07-08

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Safety

Risk impact

Cantonese Popup Dictionary 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 Cantonese Popup Dictionary if you trust the publisher.