Mandarinspot Pop Up Annot Chrome extension icon

Mandarinspot Pop Up Annot

👥 4 users
📦 v0.1.9
💾 4.98MiB
📅 2026-04-13
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Overview

MandarinSpot Pop-up Annotations

Mouse over any Chinese text on any webpage to instantly see Pinyin romanization and English definitions. No internet required, the entire dictionary is bundled offline with the extension.

Features:
- Instant lookups — Hover over any Chinese character or word to see its definition immediately
- Smart segmentation — Recognizes multi-character words for accurate results
- Pinyin + definitions — Clear romanized pronunciation and multiple English translations per entry
- Works everywhere — Active on all websites; just mouse over Chinese text
- Fully offline — No network requests; loads the pre-compiled CEDICT dictionary locally
- Auto light/dark theme — Popup adapts to the background brightness of the text you're reading

How it works:
Simply move your cursor over any Chinese text. The extension will detect word boundaries, look up the term in its offline dictionary, and display a popup with Pinyin pronunciation and English definitions. Works on any webpage, even while offline.

Dictionary:
Powered by the CC-BY-SA licensed CEDICT dictionary, pre-compiled for fast lookups with intelligent word segmentation.

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Privacy Practices

Not being sold to third parties, outside of the approved use cases
Not being used or transferred for purposes that are unrelated to the item's core functionality
Not being used or transferred to determine creditworthiness or for lending purposes

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