Ask HN: Firefox plugin for reading Chinese websites? 4 points by climber 17y ago ↗ HN Is there a firefox plugin where I can place my cursor over an Unicode chinese character, and have it tell me the pinyin / definition of the word?thanks!
[–] robin_reala 17y ago ↗ A quick trawl through http://addons.mozilla.org/ threw up these:https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/9931 https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/11077 https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/9144I’ve no idea about their respective quality as I don’t speak Chinese, sorry.
[–] trevelyan 17y ago ↗ Yes! We produce one with a dictionary of over 200,000 terms. This is the largest and highest quality dictionary available.http://popupchinese.com/tools/pluginAdditional Controls:1. Highlight new words to add them to your dictionary.2. Hit "A" to add any word to your online vocabulary list.3. Hit "D" to change display options (traditional/simplified)4. Highlight longer passages and hit "G" for the Google translation.
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[ 3.4 ms ] story [ 20.3 ms ] threadhttps://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/9931 https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/11077 https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/9144
I’ve no idea about their respective quality as I don’t speak Chinese, sorry.
http://popupchinese.com/tools/plugin
Additional Controls:
1. Highlight new words to add them to your dictionary.
2. Hit "A" to add any word to your online vocabulary list.
3. Hit "D" to change display options (traditional/simplified)
4. Highlight longer passages and hit "G" for the Google translation.