字 zì · look closely, read clearly
Hover or select any Chinese character on a page and its tone-colored pinyin, meaning, stroke order, and examples appear instantly, right in the Chrome side panel.
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你好！我是一个学生。我在中国学习中文。我很喜欢喝茶。
Reading tip: hover any single character for its meaning, or select a whole word like 朋友 for the word reading plus a character-by-character breakdown.
On any page
Point at a character to read it, or select a whole word for its reading and a character-by-character breakdown. Works on simplified and traditional pages (中國 resolves to 中国).
An optional inline popup shows the meaning right where you're reading, no need to glance away.
Pinyin that teaches
Every syllable is colored by its tone, so pronunciation is visible at a glance and the four tones (plus neutral) stick in memory as you read.
Whole words, broken down
Smart longest-match segmentation finds the real word under your cursor, even when it's split across inline markup, then shows what each character contributes.
Learn to write
Watch any character drawn stroke by stroke, with its radical and components highlighted. Replay as many times as you like.
Study by level
Every entry shows its HSK 3.0 level, bands 1–6 and the advanced 7–9. From the toolbar, highlight all HSK words up to a chosen level across the whole page, optionally colored band by band.
我喜欢在图书馆学习中文。
Distraction-free
Open any article in a clean reader with selectable fonts, larger text, and column width. Add tone-colored pinyin above every character, and the dictionary stays live as you read.
See it in context
Expand the Examples section on any entry to pull real-world sentences from the Tatoeba corpus, each with tone-colored pinyin and an English translation, fetched on demand.
Find anything
Type characters, pinyin (tone marks optional, e.g. nihao), or an English word.
Results are ranked so common and HSK words come first.
Build your deck
Star any entry to keep it in your deck, and every deliberate lookup is logged in history. It all stays on your device.
Make it yours
Pick an accent color, choose a serif or sans Chinese face, toggle tone colors, set your pin key, and switch to dark mode. Try the controls →
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