LiuChan

A modern lightweight mouse-over popup dictionary for Chinese! Displays definitions, pinyin and/or zhuyin, customizable tone colors, as well as Cantonese pronunciation (Jyutping). Source: https://github.com/gkovacs/LiuChanFirefox/tree/firefox
What is LiuChan?
LiuChan is a Firefox add-on that provides a modern lightweight mouse-over popup dictionary for Chinese. It displays definitions, pinyin and/or zhuyin, customizable tone colors, and even includes Cantonese pronunciation in Jyutping.

Add-on stats

Users: 229 ▲ 2
Rating: 4.36 (11)
Version: 1.1.8 (Last updated: 2021-09-25)
Creation date: 2018-09-16
Weekly download count: 3
Firefox on Android: Yes
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • tabs
  • storage
  • contextMenus
  • notifications
  • http://*/*
Size: 5.23M
URLs: Website

Other platforms

LiuChan Chinese Popup Dictionary (v1.1.6)
4.86 (36) 6,000
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User reviews

Still the best among those designed for the same purpose.
by iG0R, 2024-05-03

This simply doesn't work. I tried to turn on and off the add on, refresh pages. It's simply not there.
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Add-on safety

Risk impact

LiuChan is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this add-on. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install LiuChan if you trust the publisher.

Risk likelihood

LiuChan has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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