One-click Pinyin (or Bopomofo) pronunciation and translation for the main text of any Chinese web page. A free study aid.
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updated 28 Jul 2026
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About ChineseRuby - Pinyin & Bopomofo Ruby Reader
ChineseRuby prints a small Pinyin or Bopomofo (Zhuyin) reading above each Chinese character in the body text of a web page, and shows a translation under every paragraph. It turns Chinese news, blogs, and articles into pages you can actually read.
■ One click
Open a Chinese page and click the ChineseRuby toolbar icon. The readings and the translation appear. Click again to turn them off. A site you turn on is remembered and enabled automatically next time — you can remove it anytime in Settings.
■ Easy-to-read layout
- The original text, with a reading above each character
- A translation below each paragraph
See the pronunciation and follow the meaning at the same time.
■ Correct readings from context
The reading of each character is decided after the whole sentence is read, so a character with several possible readings is voiced correctly according to the sentence (银行 → yín háng, 行走 → xíng zǒu). Traditional-character pages are supported as well.
■ Pinyin and Bopomofo
Choose the notation you prefer on the first run, and change it anytime in Settings.
■ Translation into 10 languages
Japanese, English, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, Spanish, French, German, Indonesian, and Russian. Paragraphs are translated in the order they appear on the screen.
■ Privacy
No account and no personal information are required. Paragraph text is sent to Google Translate only to obtain the translation; nothing else is sent anywhere. No browsing history is collected, and there are no ads.
■ Free
No charge, no ads.
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Want to look up word meanings as well? Try the sister extension ChinesePop, a pop-up dictionary reader.