Cantonese Helper

CWS: Chinese Dictionary + Pinyin Annotator

The fastest Chinese dictionary. Lookups are instant. Look up the Chinese words of English words as well, and other great tools for learning Mandarin Chinese. The most configurable pinyin annotator, and zhuyin annotator too. "A study from 2008 showed that if spaces are placed after what are commonly regarded as words in Chinese, Chinese native speakers reading actually becomes faster and easier." -- Julesy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCSe3dgGVMQ If the introduction of spacing provides measurable benefits for native Chinese readers, these benefits are likely to be even more pronounced for non-native readers. Learn Chinese by reading, listening, and practicing speaking Chinese with this CWS army knife. Oh, and you can practice writing with it too. Your personal pinyin tutor for every web page. Say goodbye to guessing games. Hello, effortless reading and learned words tracking. Turns any web page into your personal Chinese lesson. Never run out of reading material again. Text-to-speech, can read aloud sentences, phrases, words, characters, or pinyin/zhuyin. The audio can be played at a normal pace, or adjusted to a slower or faster speed to help you master pronunciation and improve your listening comprehension. Suddenly remembers a Chinese word (or needing to quickly know the Chinese word(s) of an English word(or phrase)) that is not in the page? CWS has a searchable dictionary (🔍 icon in CWS toolbar pop-up) that you can use in this situation. You can also use your device's microphone to search the word instead of typing it out. Set your own learning priorities by color-coding and/or annotating the words with Pinyin(or zhuyin/bopomofo), HSK, or Familiarity. You already know how to pronounce most words, and you need reinforcement on their tones? Just color-code or annotate the hanzi(Chinese character) with tone. You just want to learn the Chinese language without needing to learn hanzi? You can make CWS convert the hanzi to pinyin automatically. The learner decides what to learn based on his/her priorities, not the tool. Words separator for page and dictionary. Demystifies Chinese readability by words separation and pinyin(or zhuyin/bopomofo) annotation. Demystifies a Chinese character by separating it to its component characters, this can be done in the dictionary by right-clicking the character. Create Anki flashcards by importing the CSV file exported from Learning Tracking Sheet in Google Sheets. Learners can add more sentence mining sites by themselves without needing to ask the developer to update the list of 10 online sentence mining sites. Hover less, read more using the extension's sentence mode dictionary, saves a lot of time. Look up the meanings of a Chinese word(or phrase) while browsing the web. Lookup the Chinese word(s) of an English word(or phrase) while browsing the web. Easily change the hanzi's size and font of the page to make reading more relaxing. Quite configurable, and easy to use. Can be made to remember 3 websites visited for each word, this can be enabled in Recall and Rewrite modules. Catch tricky garden-path words even when using keyboard shortcut for word navigation. Unlike other Chinese dictionaries; in CWS, using keyboard shortcut for word navigation does not make it skip garden-path words. When your computer has built-in AI and the browser supports it, dual subtitles are available for leading video sites, such as Netflix, YouTube, Viki, iQIYI etc Read the complete functionalities of CWS in https://chinese-words-separator.github.io/ HOW TO USE THE DICTIONARY: Simply go to a web page in Chinese. Then to use the dictionary, hover the mouse cursor over any Chinese words (i.e., Chinese characters or even Chinese words that are not using pure Chinese characters, e.g., 3Q, AA制) to pop up the sticky note-like dictionary that shows the English translation of the Chinese word(or phrase) along with its pinyin (or zhuyin/bopomofo) romanization; on phone or tablet, just tap the Chinese word or sentence(or phrase). HOW TO USE THE WORD OR CHARACTER SEPARATOR IN THE DICTIONARY: Right-click the word(or phrase) or character in the dictionary. On phone/tablet, swipe the word(or phrase) or character to the right. HOW TO USE THE WORDS SEPARATOR IN THE PAGE: Choose any of the following: Beginner, Lower-intermediate, Intermediate, Advanced, or configure it in More Settings (⚙ icon in CWS pop-up toolbar) screen. To make the extension work on Android, install Kiwi browser on your Android device: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kiwibrowser.browser Note: Kiwi browser is discontinued since January 2025, some of Kiwi's code is now integrated to Microsoft Edge Canary Android browser. Follow the instruction here to install extensions on Microsoft Edge Canary Android browser: https://github.com/kiwibrowser/src.next. CWS's extension id on Microsoft Edge Add-ons store is peglphdebebicogkcpinemlaanfabeip If installing extensions on Microsoft Edge Canary Android browser is cumbersome, you can opt to use Lemur browser instead on your Android device: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lemurbrowser.exts To use the extension on Safari on iOS, iPadOS, and macOS, install CWS from: https://apps.apple.com/app/chinese-words-separator/id1598790017 For Chinese-Vietnamese, Chinese-French, Chinese-German, Chinese-Hungarian definitions, follow these instructions: https://github.com/chinese-words-separator/chinese-words-separator.github.io/issues/27#issuecomment-2235239809 * Optimized the words separator's processor, it is now using just a 160 KB memory lookup to perform a task. In the past, it was reading the word's HSK level from a big file which causes the words separator memory consumption to spike up to 100 MB; now the words HSK level info is embedded directly into the code, which is just 160 KB in size * Optimized memory footprint for CWS's dictionary, it can now be just 26 MB. CWS's dictionary can now be made significantly more lightweight than other dictionaries despite CWS having over 180K words (others have 120K words). This can be made possible by making CWS read the dictionary from the database instead of from file. To configure CWS to read the dictionary from the database instead of from file, go to CWS's Options screen and click the button labeled *Save the dictionary to database*. With database use, the dictionary's memory footprint will be reduced from 108 MB down to 26 MB Dictionary sources: * CC-CEDICT - Over 120K words * CedPane - Over 70K words, plenty of names and proper nouns If you need to contribute word definitions, prefer contributing to CC-CEDICT: https://cc-cedict.org/editor/editor.php?handler=ListChanges If you need to contribute names and proper nouns, prefer contributing to CedPane: https://github.com/ssb22/CedPane Why the name "Chinese Words Separator"? This tool began with a singular focus: helping learners bridge the gap between individual characters and modern multi-character words. Since virtually accurate word segmentation is the foundation of literacy, it became the perfect 'engine' to build upon. Today, it's a full-featured learning suite: * Instant Dictionary: Quick Pinyin and definitions without leaving the page. * Vocabulary Tracking: Mark and monitor learned words. * Frequency Analytics: See statistics on commonly occurring terms. * Familiarity Detection: Tracks your familiarity with each word. We're outgrowing our name! Since this tool does so much more now, we're looking for a new title. We know "Chinese Words Separator" is a mouthful, help us find a name that's as smart as the language learning tool itself! Got an idea? We're not just looking for name suggestions; we also welcome new feature ideas! Leave your thoughts in the support tab or review section.

Pinyin Web

Parallel as-you-browse pronunciation hints for Chinese, covering Mandarin (Pinyin), Cantonese (Yale, Sidney Lau or Jyutping) or… Parallel as-you-browse pronunciation hints for Chinese, covering Mandarin (Pinyin), Cantonese (Yale, Sidney Lau or Jyutping) or Teochew, with word grouping, optional brief English as third line (also popups), fast open-source local processing and context-based handling of ambiguous readings. This is a port of the Android apps Pinyin Web & EPUB, Cantonese Web & EPUB and Teochew Web & EPUB.

識讀粵拼 Jyutping Viewer

📖 插件簡介 | Introduction 識讀粵拼（Jyutping Viewer） 是一款專為 粵語 / 粵拼學習者 設計的 Chrome 擴充功能。 只需一鍵，即可為網頁中的 繁體 / 簡體中文 自動加上 粵拼（Jyutping）。 無論是新聞、文章，甚至 ChatGPT 或其他對話介面，都能即時顯示粵拼，幫助你更直觀地學習和掌握粵語發音。 Jyutping Viewer is a Chrome extension specially designed for Cantonese / Jyutping learners. With just one click, it automatically annotates Jyutping romanization on webpages (both Traditional and Simplified Chinese). Whether it’s news articles, blogs, or even ChatGPT and other chat interfaces, Jyutping Viewer helps you learn and master Cantonese pronunciation effortlessly. ________________________________________ ✨ 功能特色 | Features ✅ 一鍵切換：快速為整個網頁標註粵拼 ✅ 右鍵複製：同時複製文字與粵拼 ✅ 支援 macOS / iOS 語音朗讀：搭配系統內建「語音朗讀」（將語言設為粵語後），邊看邊聽，提升學習效果 ✅ 學習利器：輔助粵語學習、粵拼輸入法學習、歌詞發音 ✅ One-click toggle: Instantly annotate Jyutping across entire webpages ✅ Right-click copy: Copy both text and Jyutping together ✅ Supports macOS / iOS Text-to-Speech: Read aloud in Cantonese while learning ✅ Great tool: For Cantonese study, Jyutping input learn, and lyrics pronunciation ________________________________________ 🚀 使用方法 | How to Use 1. 打開任意網頁（Google 部分頁面與 Google Docs 除外，目前插件在部分網站如：BiliBili、YouTube上仍有使用侷限，可能導致部分內容無法完全顯現）。 2. 點擊擴充功能圖示 → 選擇「開始插入」 3. 切換新頁面或頁面內容更新時 → 再次點擊「開始插入」 4. 可使用 右鍵複製 文字與拼音，或搭配 Apple 系統朗讀功能 1. After installation, open any webpage (excluding certain Google pages and Google Docs; currently, the plugin has limitations on certain platforms such as Bilibili and YouTube, which may cause some content to display incompletely). 2. Click the extension icon → select “Insert Jyutping” 3. For new pages or refreshed content → click “Insert Jyutping” again 4. Use right-click copy for text + Jyutping, or combine with Apple TTS ________________________________________ 🎯 適合對象 | Who is it for? • 粵語、粵拼學習者（初學 / 進階） • 想加強 粵拼輸入法 熟練度的用戶 • 希望透過網頁內容學習 粵語發音 的人 • 粵語、語音學的研究者 • Cantonese and Jyutping learners (beginner / advanced) • Users who want to improve Jyutping input method skills • Readers who want to learn Cantonese pronunciation through content • Researchers in Cantonese and phonology ________________________________________ ⚠️ 注意事項 | Notes • 插件 不會自動即時更新粵拼，切換頁面或內容變動時需重新點擊 • 插件 不收集任何用戶數據，安全可靠 • 建議將 Apple 系統語言設置為「粵語」，以獲得最佳體驗 • The extension does not auto-refresh Jyutping; click again when pages change • No user data is collected – safe and private • For best results, set Apple system language to Cantonese ________________________________________ 📩 意見反饋 | Feedback 如有任何建議或問題，歡迎發郵件至：jyutpingviewer@gmail.com For feedback or inquiries, feel free to contact us at: jyutpingviewer@gmail.com

Speech to Text by cantonese.ai

把WhatsApp 語音訊息轉換為文字，可以幫助您節省聽取的時間，提高工作效率！ Turn whatspp audio messages into text, saving you time to listen and boost your… 把WhatsApp 語音訊息轉換為文字，可以幫助您節省聽取的時間，提高工作效率！ Turn whatspp audio messages into text, saving you time to listen and boost your productivity!