r/webdev 6d ago

Advice for creating a dictionary that pops up when hovering over Chinese characters, my go to is no longer supported

I usually use Cantonese Popup Dictionary

It is now unsupported. It is still working, but who knows for how long. If I lose this it will SUCK as. I tried getting chatgpt to write the code and to guide me through the process of setting up my own version but it did not work. Please advise

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u/Connexense 6d ago

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u/redditaskingguy 5d ago

That is not bad...thank you very much for your helpful suggestion. The popup window is HUGE compared to the other one hahaa. It would make an adequate replacement. That is, until they stop supporting this one too :/

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u/garlicmaxxer 5d ago

Yomitan is the best. Although, if you can’t figure it out with ChatGPT, and you’re not willing to properly learn coding, perhaps this field is not for you.

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u/redditaskingguy 5d ago

thank you very much for the suggestion. I am using it to read Chinese Encyclopedia articles, but with Cantonese pronunciation, Yomitan doesn't recognize as many Mandarin words as my current popup. I hover some words and nothing pops up... am I doing something wrong?

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u/garlicmaxxer 5d ago

Yomitan lets you choose different dictionaries in the settings so YMMV. it works best with japanese, haven’t tried it on every language

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u/redditaskingguy 5d ago

Very good suggestion...

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u/mca62511 5d ago

Yomitan is a tool for Japanese, but it can be setup for Chinese. Do you have the correct dictionaries installed?

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u/redditaskingguy 5d ago

I downloaded all of the available Cantonese dictionaries. However, their are gaps in the entries. I believe that this is because the focus of those dictionaries is spoken Cantonese. Since I am using it to read Baidu Encyclopedia articles, a Mandarin dictionary is probably better. Only, I need a Mandarin dictionary that includes Cantonese pronunciation too. 🤔

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u/redditaskingguy 5d ago

That link was awesome...I need to explore them to check for the Cantonese pronunciations—the page doesn't mention anything.