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Welcome to the chinese-support-addon wiki!
This is an add-on for the Anki 2 SRS software to help learners of Chinese, similar of the Pinyin toolkit for Anki 1.
This is a development version. Please wait a few more weeks if you are not familiar with Anki. Newer versions may have different card templates or lists of fields, that will not be applied automatically on cards you create with this version.
- Setup instructions;
- How to install a dictionary
- Templates documentation to customize the default templates.
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Chinese Learning tips.
- Edit window behavior.
If you are having difficulties typing Chinese characters, you may need to configure a Chinese Input Method (IME) in your operating system. Here's how:
- on Windows
- On Ubunt Linux or Mac OS : go to System Parameters->Language settings. You may need to consult your Operating System's documentation.
Features:
- Type some Chinese, we will fill in the transcription, tone coloring, and translation for you.
- support for 5 different transcriptions
- support for translation in English, French, and German (through off-line dictionaries)
- support for Chinese Text-to-speech (only Mandarin, through GoogleTTS)
Advanced features: Chinese Support Add-on brings to you the experience of advanced Chinese learners, with:
- synonyms support (with the Ruby model) : put multiple chinese words on the same note!
- intelligent handling of characters with multiple pronunciations (多音字), with lookup of pronunciation in the words dictionary (词典) first (if available).
- advanced configurability of the edit behavior makes it easier for you to hack the add-on.
This plugin is currently in development. You can help by trying it out, finding out how it isn't working for you, and giving feedback on Google groups.
You can also help by filling in this wiki with useful learning tips or feature requests. You need to sign in on github first.
Finally, if you're a developper, your help and insights will be welcome.