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Chinese Tools

by Purple Culture · purpleculture.net · Education
FeaturedEstablished publisherManifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 15 Oct 2026

Useful Chinese learning tools, can be used to convert text into Pinyin/Zhuyin, Trad./Simp. version, or generate vocabulary list

Users
8,000
0 in 30 days
Rating
3.2 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
21
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#11K
#9,584 among extensions
Version
1.7
updated 2 Jan 2024

Users

monthly, 3 years
2,0006,00010KAug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 8,000 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 3 years
61421Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 21 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

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About Chinese Tools

Useful Chinese learning tools are available in this extension, allowing you to convert selected Chinese text into Pinyin/Zhuyin, Traditional/Simplified versions, or English. Additionally, you can generate a vocabulary list. Tools provided in this extension includes: - Chinese to Pinyin/Zhuyin conversion - Traditional/Simplified Chinese conversion - Vocabulary list generator - Dictionary lookup - Translate to English - Chinese text to speech How to use: Select some Chinese text, right click, move to Chinese Tools, and select tool you want to use. Features: Chinese to Pinyin/Zhuyin conversion 1. Context-based Pinyin Correction: The tool will analyze the context of each character and suggest the correct Pinyin. Example: "行长认为方案是可行的" will be converted into "háng zhăng rèn wéi fāng àn shì kĕ xíng de," considering the different Pinyin results for the character "行" based on the context. 2. Support both Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese; 3. Translation result can be in Pinyin or Zhuyin (Bopomofo) or pinyin tone mark only; 4. Provide pronunciation for each character/word and paragraph; 5. Support export as EPUB, Mobi, PDF, Word document; 6. Built-in function to generate vocabulary list; 7. Support translating from Chinese to more than 30 languages; 8. Displays the boundaries of Chinese words, making it easier to read and understand the text; Traditional/Simplified Chinese conversion 1. Context based conversion. For example. 皇后发现后天是一个好日子 will be converted into 皇后發現後天是一個好日子, you can find based on the context, character 后 is get different treatments. 2. Terminologies conversion supported. For example, 软件 (ruanjian) in Simplified Chinese will be converted to 軟體 (ruanti) in Traditional Chinese. Dictionary lookup 1. Allow search by Simplified Chinese / Traditional Chinese / English word / Pinyin Chinese handwriting recognizer. Enter Chinese characters just by drawing them with your mouse/finger. 2. Provide Pinyin table, which lists all Pinyin combination used in standard Mandarin 3. Print and export details to Word document 4. Generate handwriting practice sheet

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days0+0.0%00.00
30 days0+0.0%00.00
6 months−1,000−11.1%+1−0.11
1 year−1,000−11.1%+1−0.11

Version history

5 versions recorded
1.72 Jan 2024
1.630 Dec 2023
1.55 Jan 2022
1.423 Aug 2021
1.320 Oct 2016

Details

Category
Education
First seen
20 Oct 2016
Size
15 KB
Languages
en
Pricing
Free
Privacy policy
purpleculture.net
Support
purpleculture.net
Extension ID
aicnjppelckphnaiohdpicomfaedhnfk

Permissions and risk

Minimal riskimpact 2, likelihood 0
Permissions
contextMenus

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