Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Zhenzhu – Look up Chinese while reading on macOS
Select, snip, hover, paste, or type Chinese on your Mac. See pinyin, definitions, sentence translation, HSK context, and save local flashcards.
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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Speak Chinese but can't read? Learn Chinese reading FREE
Mar 2026 · readchinesehsk.com · its alternatives →
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Laoshi▲239Learn new words with flashcards to master Chinese faster
2021 · laoshi.io · its alternatives →
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Chinese dictionary and training tool with AI
2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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A mac menu bar app for translating
2019 · bubble-translate.ru · its alternatives →
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Categorise Mandarin text by HSK level
2025 · hsk-text-analyser.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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TransLite▲98Hello ! David from Spain here :) I built TransLite because I was tired of breaking my flow every time I needed to translate something before sending it. The usual workflow was: copy → open a browser tab → paste → translate → copy again → paste back. I've created a small macOS menubar app that lets you translate the current clipboard instantly using a keyboard shortcut, in any app. It works locally and supports using your own OpenAI / Claude API key. It’s intentionally simple — no accounts, no tracking, no subscriptions. Happy to answer any questions. Best regards, David
Feb 2026 · translite.app · its alternatives →
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Copy any text twice. Get instant translation on your Mac.
Mar 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Learn your Duolingo vocabulary while browsing the web
2023 · duoninja.com · its alternatives →
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Toku Reader▲111Read & listen to native Japanese and Chinese, tap any word
Jul 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, Just wanted to share a tool i've been working on to help with my own study routine. It’s a browser extension called Lingoku. The idea is simple: we spend hours browsing the web in English every day. This tool replaces some of the english words with Japanese vocabulary based on your japanese level (Similar to Toucan, but with a better user experience). It’s basically an attempt to make the "i+1" method actually passive, you understand the sentence because it's mostly english, but you pick up Japanese words naturally from the context. It uses an LLM in the backend to make sure the…
Dec 2025 · lingoku.ai · its alternatives →
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HanClip▲4Learn Chinese one sentence at a time, right-click to analyze
Jun 2026 · hanclip.com · its alternatives →
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A better look at your files. Preview Markdown with KaTeX and Mermaid, code in 200+ languages, TSV, SQLite, archives, and folders from Quick Look.
Mar 2026 · parcse.com · its alternatives →
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Capture, translate, and understand any text on your Mac
Aug 2026 · appunbound.com · its alternatives →
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Dictionariez▲58Facilitate your language learning with tons of dictionaries
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I've built mandoBot, a web app that segments and translates Mandarin Chinese text. This is a Django API (using Django-Ninja and PostgreSQL) and a NextJS front-end (with Typescript and Chakra). For a sample of what this app does, head to https://mandobot.netlify.app/?share_id=e8PZ8KFE5Y. This is my presentation of the first chapter of a classic story from the Republican era of Chinese fiction, Diary of a Madman by Lu Xun. Other chapters are located in the "Reading Room" section of the app. This app exists because reading Mandarin is very hard for learners (like me), since…
2025 · mandobot.netlify.app · its alternatives →
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Just for fun, I built a language learning tool. It represents Chinese and Japanese as graphs of characters, with connections indicating given characters can form a word. It can also decompose characters to give clues on how they're pronounced, analyzes words to understand which ones are commonly used together, and more. It's fully interactive, supports offline use, generates flashcards, has sentences from humans and from AI, and plenty of other features. Check out the README for details. https://github.com/mreichhoff/HanziGraph
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN! I’m Alex, and one of my favorite ways to learn languages is by reading novels. Currently I’m reading 三体 (3 body problem), but one problem I've always had is it takes ages to look up words, and add them to Anki flashcards so I can remember them. 三体 is especially brutal with so much sci-fi vocab. That’s why I built Readly. I snap a pic of the page I’m reading, it loads the text in-app and lets me lookup words, add to Anki-style flashcards, or ask AI questions about the text, all in a single tap. It's a huge time saver. My specific learning strategy, if anyone wants to replicate it: 1.…
2025 · readly.ink · its alternatives →
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I made a website for learning Chinese. There are many already, but I think there is always room for new entries into the Chinese language learning ecosystem. The Site: - Course is an online version of the HSK course books (HSK 1-2 done so far, 3-4 coming soon) including all the vocabulary, texts, and all the content/activities from the coursebook and workbooks. - SRS Flashcards - SRS Sentence speaking - Character writing tool (Stroke data is from MakeMeAHanzi) - Dictionary is from the MBDG Chinese Dictionary - I build it using Rails and StimulusJS (with AI help) - Uses a lot of…
Dec 2025 · learnchinese.ai · its alternatives →
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Unlock Mandarin with Shengci: Daily HSK Vocabulary Mastery!
Aug 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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