Chrome Extensions for Chinese Language Learners
Explore our top Chrome extensions to boost your Chinese learning! From dictionaries and dual subtitles to OCR, these tools are designed to make studying easier and more efficient. Each extension is carefully selected for its usefulness, ease of use, and potential to accelerate your language learning.
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This extension allows you to watch YouTube videos with multiple subtitles at once. After installing, it shows you a list of available subtitles for each video, and by clicking the list, you can open the CaptionPop player to see them all. Some handy features include repeating the last sentence with a keystroke, blurring subtitles until you hover over them, bookmarking subtitles to study later, and highlighting text for translation. You can even create flashcards from video clips, making it a helpful tool for finding content in your target language.
Free
This efficient extension makes skipping through YouTube videos easy. With customizable keyboard shortcuts (3 or 15 seconds) and optional player buttons, you can quickly jump forward or back without fussing with the slider. Perfect for rewatching key moments in long videos!
Free
This extension allows you to copy and paste hard subtitles. You can also use the ZhongWen popup dictionary directly on video subtitles when using this extension. See our CopyFish tutorial HERE.
Free
Many users consider DeepL to be more accurate than other translation services. Free users can highlight text and receive instant translations in their desired language. However, to access more advanced features, such as full-page translations, users need to subscribe to DeepL Pro.
Free / Paid
Hanzisize will automatically enlarge Chinese text on websites you visit, giving you a clearer view of each character. It doesn't affect English text or other page elements.
Free
Language Reactor, a handy tool that enhances your learning experience with films, series, books, and websites. Whether you're watching Netflix or YouTube, Language Reactor adds dual language subtitles, a popup dictionary, and precise video controls to help you understand and learn from authentic content. You can even import text and use machine translation with realistic text-to-speech. See our Language Reactor tutorials HERE.
Free
This extension acts as a dictionary, displaying word definitions and usage examples when you hover over a word in the active tab, including YouTube videos with CC. You can save words as flashcards for later review and extract vocabulary from the active tab and sort the words by HSK level, making it easy to track your progress.
Free
LingoCloud was created by Native Chinese Speaking people. This extension allows you to translate entire web pages as you study Chinese. Instant word-by-word translations, real-time bilingual subtitles on videos and more.
Free / Paid Options
LiuChan offers instant translation by hovering over Chinese characters, showing meanings on the spot. Also enjoy enjoy text-to-speech in Mandarin, Taiwanese, or Cantonese for pronunciation assistance.
Free
This extension adds Pinyin annotations to Chinese characters on web pages and video subtitles. It works with platforms like Netflix, YouTube, and Disney+, supports both Simplified and Traditional Chinese. It offers a keyboard shortcut to toggle annotations on and off: (Alt (Option on macOS) + Shift + P).
Free
This extension allows you to switch web pages from Simplified to Traditional characters and vice versa.
Free
Inspired by LingQ, Readlang, and LWT, VocabTracker is a tool that lets you track vocabulary on any webpage, turning any website into a language learning resource.
Free
Chinese speakers too fast for you? Adjusting YouTube playback speed is just a click or key press away. Enhance your YouTube experience by easily controlling video speed—simply click the speed overlay button in the top right corner or use the ‘+’ and ‘-’ keys on your keyboard. These shortcut keys are customizable, so if you'd prefer different ones, you can change them in the settings tab.
Free
Quickly look up over 100,000 words and expressions on Chinese websites by hovering over words with your mouse, with access to grammar and usage notes for 400+ key terms. Save words to a built-in list, add them to Skritter with a keystroke, and export to create Anki flashcards. You can also search for example sentences on Tatoeba.org with ease
Free
This pop up dictionary is frequently updated. It offers a sleek, user-friendly design. Simply hover over Chinese text for instant pronunciation and definitions, with read-aloud options in both mainland and Taiwan accents. It also provides detailed Hanzi character info, stroke order animations, and customizable settings for Pinyin, Zhuyin, and definitions, all easily toggled on or off via the extension icon.
Free