Highlight, listen and learn
When you need to understand more than a few words, just highlight the Chinese text and let MDBG Chinese Reader explain everything to you. The Highlight window pops up to read everything in Mandarin (or Cantonese).
- The top Auto-Translation panel approximates the meaning using the full context with results from Google and Microsoft (with no annoying ads).
- In the center Reading panel, hover your mouse over words or phrases.
- The lower Detail panel provides the full meaning, HSK proficiency level and more. No machine-based translation is perfect. When viewing specific words and phrases, review the full semantic range with MDBG's comprehensive Chinese-English dictionary with over 114,000 entries. Company names, political leaders, product names, technology terms, business slang and more are all included for quick reference.
The HighlightScan window also shows:
- Chinese (simplified and tradition) - characters are enlarged and shown with ColorTones. Easily view character and stroke details
- Pinyin (or Bopomofo) phonetics - guide pronunciation
- Meaning - definition (in English, et al.). Personalize definitions with your own meanings, usage notes and examples
- Add to Favorites - tag for future reference
- More - show related words and phrases
- Optional. HSK (Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi) level for Chinese proficiency test. Basic words are HSK1; advanced words are HSK6
Toolbar
When you move your mouse cursor into the window, the toolbar will appear.
- Pronounce - hear the words read aloud
- Copy to clipboard - copy words to the Windows clipboard
- Take screenshot - save screenshot into your Pictures folder
- Add to Favorites - tag for future reference
- Change Settings - open Settings window
- Pin window - hold window on the Windows desktop
- Close window - window closes, but Chinese Reader will still be running in background
