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Pinyin Star

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How to install Open in Chrome Web Store
CRX ID
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Description from extension meta

Annotate pinyin for Chinese web pages and subtitles (such as YouTube), convert CHT to CHS, Selection-to-Translation.

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Pinyin Star
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Support block based phonetic annotation, Chinese subtitle phonetic annotation, conversion from traditional to simplified Chinese, font scaling, dictionary lookup, etc. Support for converting traditional Chinese to simplified Chinese in editors such as Zhihu/Reddit.

支持分块注音,中文字幕注音,繁体转为简体,字体缩放,查字典等,支持将编辑器(如知乎)中的繁体转换为简体。

最近更新:
v2.5.0 (2026-03-05)
• 新增阅读提醒功能

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Version History

v2.5.0 (2026-03-05)
• Added daily reading reminder

v2.3.7 (2026-01-14)
• Updated user interaction interface

v2.3.5 (2025-11-14)
• Compliance update

v2.3.3 (2025-10-06)
• Fixed bugs

v2.3.2 (2025-06-19)
• Fixed bugs

v2.3.0 (2025-05-20)
• Expanded the Chinese to English dictionary

v2.2.2 (2025-05-08)
• Fixed bugs

v2.2.0 (2025-04-26)
• Added select-to-translation, not powerful but free
• Expanded language support for UI, including Korean and Vietnamese

v2.0.5 (2025-03-12)
• Fixed bugs

v2.0.1 (03/03/2025)
• Supported Pinyin subtitles (CHT/CHS) on YouTube and Kuwo Music

v1.3.3 (2024-12-31)
• Supported CHT to CHS on Reddit
• Supported Shadow-Root element

v1.3.2 (12/29/2024)
• Fixed bugs

v1.3.1 (2024-12-27)
• Supported converting traditional Chinese to simplified Chinese in web editors, like zhihu.com
NOTE:
1) Both for desktop and mobile browsers
2) To prevent the LOSS of your original text, it is recommended to save it before conversion
3) In theory, it can support editors on various websites, but it has not been tested one by one. You are welcome to try it yourself and provide feedback
Supported converting traditional Chinese to simplified Chinese without Pinyin

v1.2.0 (2024-09-26)
• Added consulting a dictionary function

NOTE:
1) ONLY for Chinese single characters and short words
2) ONLY for desktop browsers
• Expanded inner dictionary

v1.1.9 (2024-09-10)
• Improved annotation for traditional Chinese
• Fixed known issues for mobile

v1.1.8 (2024-08-31)
• Improved performance
• Fixed known issues

v1.1.5 (2024-08-29)
• Supports converting traditional Chinese to simplified Chinese
• Supports magnification for phonetic text
• Fixed known issues

v1.0.2 (2024-08-07)
• Supports mobile with Kiwi browser
• Fixed known issues

v1.0.0 (2024-08-02)
• Supports annotation for Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese
• Supports polyphonic characters annotation and light tone
• Supports optional element annotation and entire page annotation

MANY THANKS TO THE DONORS AND EXPRESS MY UTMOST RESPECT!!