LiuChan (liú chàng) is an extension for chrome that allows you to mouse-over Chinese to instantly lookup the dictionary.
It started out as a port of RikaiChan (and its Rikai derivatives) and has since grown into an extension that holds its own with new features and improved performance.
- Instantaneous translation of Chinese characters and words on mouse over
- Synchronized settings across all your devices
- Text input support
- A handy little notepad that you can open on any page :)
- Theme support
- Fuzzy search! Use chrome's omnibox to search the dictionary using hanzi, pinyin or just plain english
- Cantonese support (v1.1.6)
Mouse Over Dictionary: Simply enable the extension and mouse over Chinese on a page!
Fuzzy search: Type 'lc' in the omnibox followed by whatever term you want to look for (Chinese, pinyin or English), the results will show up as suggestions.
- Add word lists/Anki support
- Move fuzzy search to its own input box as opposed to omnibox so that it can be expanded upon (eg. use rich formatting, etc)
- Improve performance
- Improve fuzzy search to match regular vowels with tonemarked pinyin
- Update CEDICT
- Add missing Cantonese pronunciations (this may be automated, but can lead to inaccurate entries).
- Consolidate definitions (some entries have overlapping definitions; in many cases these can be combined).
- Support for Yale Cantonese romanisation.
- Rewrite non-default themes to adapt to Cantonese support.
- Decrease memory use by means of a proper, accurate implementation of traditional -> simplified conversion method.
流畅 (liú chàng) stands for fluency in a language. I kept -Chan as an homage to its origin.
If anything malfunctions, your best bet is disabling and re-enabling the extension and reloading the page you want it to work on.
In case a problem persists please open an issue on github and try to describe as clearly as possible how to recreate the problem.
- Currently fuzzy search isn't 'fuzzy' enough to match regular vowels with tonemarked ones.
- Some Cantonese pronunciations missing.