Chinese Reading Lens

Hover over Chinese text to see a compact word card with pinyin, English definitions, simplified and traditional forms, and possible word boundaries. If hover is not reliable on a complex page, select Chinese text to open the same focused lookup experience.

When a word or phrase is worth remembering, save it together with the source sentence and page context, then review or export your saved learning items later.

• Fast local lookup.Uses packaged CC-CEDICT dictionary data bundled with the extension.
• Hover and selected-text lookup.Supports quick word checks, phrases, longer passages, and complex webpages.
• Candidate word boundaries.Helps learners see where Chinese words start and end while reading.
• Save and export.Save useful words and phrases locally, then export to Anki Basic CSV, regular CSV, or JSON backup.
• Adjustable reading controls.Tune pinyin format, tone colors, hover delay, selection behavior, and lightweight highlights.

Chinese Reading Lens is not a full-page translator. It helps you keep reading Chinese instead of replacing Chinese with English.

It is also not a heavy annotation tool. By default, it avoids cluttering the page with large overlays, full-page coloring, or constant labels. Reading stays first; help appears when you ask for it.

Chinese Reading Lens only stores learning data that you actively trigger, such as looked-up words, selected Chinese text, saved items, source sentences, page titles, source URLs, extension settings, and local usage counts.

• Not collected:Full webpage content, full browsing history, large unselected page text, keystrokes, passwords, payment information, or data for advertising.
• Storage:Current learning data is stored locally in your browser using Chrome extension storage.
• Control:You can remove saved items from the side panel and clear local learning data from the extension options page.

Read the full Chinese Reading Lens Privacy Policy.

• activeTabIdentifies the current tab when you open the popup or side panel.
• contextMenusAdds right-click actions for selected Chinese text.
• sidePanelProvides the local saved-word, missing-word, deletion, and export panel.
• storageSaves settings, disabled sites, lookup preferences, local usage counts, saved words, source context, and missing-word records.
• Host accessLets the extension detect Chinese text on pages you are actively reading, show lookup cards, highlight candidate boundaries, and capture source sentences.

Chinese Reading Lens uses CC-CEDICT dictionary data packaged with the extension. CC-CEDICT is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International.

References: CC-CEDICT, MDBG CC-CEDICT, and CC BY-SA 4.0.