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Search Features
Primezero Chinese Tools Version 1.10

  • Simple and Clean Results
  • Chinese Number Conversion updated!
  • Results and Conversions Speak with Talking Dictionary
  • Zhuyin Fuhao (BoPoMoFo) Ruby-Annotated Results Available new!
  • Primezero Mobile Chinese Tools new!

  • Hanyu Pinyin Tone Mark Input
  • Hanyu Pinyin Tone Numbers Optional
  • Smashed Hanyu Pinyin
  • Pinyin Tone Number Smash
  • English and Pinyin Happy Together
  • Bopomofo? No problem
  • Tongyong Pinyin Input
  • Mandarin Yale Input
  • Primezero Click Input Method Editors (Click-IMEs)
  • Femto: Primezero's Integrated IME

  • Community-Driven Vocabulary and Content
  • MDBG's New and Improved CEDICT Included

  • Google Toolbar Button
  • Get Your Google Gadget
  • Mozilla Search Plugin
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 Search Plugin
  • Firefox Browser Bookmarklet
  • Dashboard Widget for Mac OS X
  • Make Your Own Chinese Chop
  • Feedback Buttons



Simple and Clean Results

View large-type, readable Chinese characters, Hanyu Pinyin with tone marks, and translations along with links to popular search engines written in the Chinese language. You can also find links to better dictionaries for each entry.

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Chinese Number Conversion updated!~ >.<

Convert numbers, decimals, fractions, percents, dates, time, money and other quantities naturally with this built-in utility. learn more »

Change your settings to show Financial Characters (Daxie). new! ^.^

  • 885885
  • 1000000
  • $0.25
  • 8:25pm
  • 3/8
  • year 1998
  • 08-20-2005
  • 8.29
  • 98%


    new! ^.^

  • 8 weeks
  • 3 hours
  • 1st
  • 329th

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Results and Conversions Speak with Talking Dictionary

Listen to how pinyin is pronounced in search results or special conversions with the Talking Dictionary feature. You can select this option in Settings. Green pinyin indicates you can listen to the pronunciation by pointing your mouse over the pinyin text.

With Quicktime plugin installed, this feature works in Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera, Camino, Netscape Navigator, Safari, and Shiira.

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Zhuyin Fuhao (BoPoMoFo) Ruby Results Available new! ^.^

View search results with Bopomofo above each character in Mozilla Firefox or Microsoft Internet Explorer.

You need Firefox or Internet Explorer to use this feature.

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Primezero Mobile Chinese Tools new! ^.^

Take Primezero with you on your mobile to find translation and conversion.

To get started, visit the Primezero Mobile Chinese Tools Home Page: http://m.primezero.com/

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Hanyu Pinyin Tone Mark Input

Search using Hanyu Pinyin with or without tone marks. A very nice tool called PinyinInput allows you to enter Hanyu Pinyin with tone marks. learn more »
  • túshūguăn
  • pinyin
  • zhōngguó

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Hanyu Pinyin Tone Numbers Optional

Search using Hanyu Pinyin with or without tone numbers.
  • ying1 guo2
  • jia1 you
  • sheng1 ri kuai4 le

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Smashed Hanyu Pinyin

Search for common Hanyu Pinyin compounds.
  • yingguo
  • kuaizi
  • riben
  • tushuguan
  • bijiben
  • xiexie ni
  • hanyu pinyin

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Pinyin Tone Number Smash

Search Hanyu Pinyin compounds with tone numbers smashed together.

  • ying1guo2
  • zhong1wen2
  • ri4ben3
  • tu2shu1guan3

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English and Pinyin Happy Together

Search using a combination of English and Hanyu Pinyin to narrow your results.
  • kuai happy
  • kuai fast
  • chopstick kuai
  • bus qiche

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Bopomofo? No problem

Use Zhuyin Fuhao, also known as Bopomofo, to enter ruby characters as input. This phonetic system is popular in Taiwan.
  • ㄓㄨˋ ㄧㄣ ㄈㄨˊ ㄏㄠˋ
  • ㄔㄚ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄨㄛ

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Tongyong Pinyin Input Available

Search using Tongyong Pinyin, the official romanization for Mandarin Chinese in China.
  • sying1chi1
  • syi3 hwan1

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Mandarin Yale Input

You can search using Mandarin Yale Romanization.
  • sing1ci1
  • si3 huan1

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Primezero Click Input Method Editors (Click-IMEs)

Find Chinese characters by Kanji/Radical Lookup using Primezero IMEs. If you do not know what a character sounds like, but you know what it looks like, this tool is for you (and me).

There are two versions: Basic is for new and first-year learners; Standard is for more advanced learners.

  • Primezero IME Basic (500 characters, recommended)

  • Primezero IME Standard (about 1000 characters)


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Femto: Primezero's Integrated IME

Femto is a click-based IME from Primezero that provides quick access to commonly used characters. It is currently sorted by frequency. Look for it in the top-left corner of the search home and results pages in Firefox or Internet Explorer (and more browsers soon).


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Community-Driven Vocabulary and Content

Use Google Spreadsheets to keep the search index fresh with new words and phrases not yet available in ordinary dictionaries. learn more »

    Useful?  yes /   no



MDBG's New and Improved CEDICT Included

Search CEDICT, a project started by Paul Denisowski, continued by Erik Peterson from MandarinTools and now managed by Dennis Vierkant from MDBG. learn more »

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Google Toolbar Button

Take Primezero Chinese Tools anywhere with the Google Toolbar Button. install now

Highlight any text and find the translation quickly.

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Get Your Google Gadget

Add Primezero Chinese Tools to your customized iGoogle home page.

Add to Google

Share it with your friends, colleagues, or even your boss.

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Mozilla Search Plugin

Add Primezero Chinese Tools Search into Mozilla-based browsers, including Firefox, Netscape, and Seamonkey, with this simple search plugin. install now

    Useful?  yes /   no



Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 Search Plugin

Bring Primezero Chinese Tools Search to Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 (MSIE7) with this nifty search engine plugin.

This feature is designed for Internet Explorer 7.

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Firefox Browser Bookmarklet

This feature is designed for Firefox.

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Dashboard Widget for Mac OS X

Start searches for Chinese translations on Primezero Chinese Tools this simple English-Chinese Dictionary Mac OS X Dashboard widget. download widget

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Make Your Own Chinese Chop

Leave your mark with your very own Chinese chop. make your chop now »

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Feedback Buttons

Give quick feedback on whether your query was useful or not.

    Not useful? Share your ideas to improve Primezero Chinese Tools.


teehee ... feedback on the feedback ...

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