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: 4.73 (37)

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

Ranking

# 20041 ▼ 65

Other rankings

#24997 in Workflow & Planning ▼ 26 #45 in popup keyword 55 ▼ 5 #60 in dictionary keyword 50 ▼ 7

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Extension 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

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Pros

Very useful
Works awesome
Fantastic app
Excellent extension
Handy for learners of hanzi based languages

Cons

Uses a non-standard romanization system
Definitions may be incorrect, potentially pulling from a Mandarin dictionary
Does not work on local file URLs
Lacks Text-to-Speech (TTS) functionality

Most mentioned

Wish it used an established romanization system (Jyutping)
Very helpful
Hope it will remain available/updated
Unique with no equivalent options
Lifesaver for learners

User reviews

This is the best Cantonese pop-up dictionary. PLEEEEEEEASE update the extension. Chrome says it will stop working soon... PLEEEEEASE thank you very much for this dictionary