Zhongwen Vault

approved

by WooP18

Hover over Chinese text to see tone-colored pinyin and CC-CEDICT definitions. Inspired by the Zhongwen browser extension. - This plugin has not been manually reviewed by Obsidian staff.

ā˜… 1 stars↓ 164 downloadsUpdated 1mo agoGPL-2.0

Zhongwen Vault — Chinese Popup Dictionary for Obsidian

Made by WooP18

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šŸ€„ Instant Chinese definitions and pinyin, right where you read.

Hover over any Chinese text to get pinyin, tone colors, and English definitions in a clean pop-up | no tab switching, no interruptions.

What you get:

  • šŸ”¤ Simplified & traditional character support
  • šŸŽØ Hanyu Pinyin with color-coded tones for faster memorization
  • āŒØļø Keyboard navigation — move word by word or character by character
  • šŸ”› One-click toggle to enable/disable anytime
  • šŸ”” Optional Zhuyin (Bopomofo) display

Built for learners: šŸŽ“

  • Save words to a built-in list and export directly to Anki
  • Grammar links via the Chinese Grammar Wiki
  • Skritter integration for vocabulary export
  • Powered by CC-CEDICT, a trusted open-source Chinese-English dictionary

Click the PinyinPop icon to activate. Hover. Learn. šŸš€

Credits

Plugin author: WooP18

Inspired by: Zhongwen — the Chrome/Firefox popup dictionary by Christian Schiller. This plugin would not exist without his work. Dictionary lookup, binary-search index, greedy segmentation algorithm, and pinyin conversion are all ported faithfully from Zhongwen's source. Huge thanks to Christian for building and open-sourcing it.

Zhongwen itself traces back to Rikaikun / Rikaichan / RikaiXUL. CC-CEDICT dictionary by MDBG. This plugin inherits GPL-2.0 from Zhongwen.

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