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Life & fun · September 16, 2026

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.

Zhenzhu – Look up Chinese while reading on macOS launched on September 16, 2026 with 5 votes, #1,324 of 8,093 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.

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What it does

Look up selected Chinese in supported Mac apps, or use Snip and Hover Lookup for text in images. Get pinyin, definitions, translation, HSK context, and a word-by-word breakdown—then review locally or send to Anki. See each selection, click, and result in the full walkthrough, or choose a short demo of word lookup, Anki, or Snip to Translate. Follow a word lookup, select a sentence, preview and save a flashcard, then review it in Zhenzhu. Zhenzhu is built around the whole moment: how you notice Chinese, how you inspect it, and what you choose to remember. One click carries the useful context forward. Study inside Zhenzhu or preview exactly what will be sent to Anki. Start with the complete…from zhenzhu.app

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