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NoaLingua for Chinese — a language learning extension

What actually works in Chinese, capability by capability

Chinese is one of the 28 languages NoaLingua offers, and 5 of its ten capability axes are verified from the extension's own registries. This page lists what exists, what is documented as absent, and the specific things about Chinese that do not apply to any other language.

中文

BCP-47 zh · han script

What NoaLingua supports in Chinese, capability by capability

Capability State Detail
Chrome on-device translation per pair Not documented Varies by pair; Chrome decides
YouTube caption translation Not documented YouTube covers 156 languages; the list is not published per language
Cloud translation (MyMemory) per pair Not documented Opt-in, quota-limited, and the only source that sends sentence text off your device.
Offline word dictionary per pair Not documented FreeDict/WikDict coverage is per pair and not enumerated
Grammar tables (UniMorph) No No UniMorph dataset exists. Chinese is an isolating language — there is genuinely nothing to conjugate or decline.
Definitions & IPA (Wiktionary / kaikki) Yes 145 MB
Example sentences (Tatoeba) per pair Yes Real bilingual sentences, searched locally once downloaded.
Speech recognition (Chrome pack) Not documented Chrome owns this pack; availability is Chrome's, not ours
Uncommon-word highlighting No No bundled list, so uncommon-word underlining does not run
Punctuation for captions without it Yes One 56 MB model covering 47 languages, downloaded once per profile.

Specific to Chinese

Things that are only true of Chinese in NoaLingua

  • There is no Chinese UniMorph dataset, and that is not a gap — Chinese is an isolating language, so there is genuinely nothing to conjugate or decline.
  • The Chinese Wiktionary pack is 145 MB, the second largest after English, and it carries all of the lookup weight for the language.
  • Chinese is covered by the punctuation model.
Setting up for Chinese Choose Chinese as the language you are learning in the extension popup or Settings → Languages. Packs begin downloading immediately and in the background — leave the browser open for 15 to 30 minutes and check the corner of the screen. When it goes quiet, everything is local. The full first-run guide →

Common questions about NoaLingua

Does NoaLingua work for Chinese?

Chinese is one of the 28 languages in the learning and translation selectors, and 5 of its ten capability axes are verified. The table on this page shows exactly which ones — including the ones that are documented as absent.

Can I get grammar tables for Chinese?

No. No UniMorph dataset exists. Chinese is an isolating language — there is genuinely nothing to conjugate or decline. Everything else — definitions where available, examples, saving and review — works normally.

Does Chinese work offline?

Yes, once the packs finish downloading. Expect to leave the extension running 15 to 30 minutes after choosing your languages.

What does “not documented” mean in the table?

That we have not verified it ourselves, so we will not claim it either way. It is not the same as “no”. Several of those columns depend on data Chrome owns and does not publish per language.

Other languages NoaLingua supports

Start Chinese on the next video you open.

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