Mar

26

2010

XiaoCiDian Online Search – In Chrome Too

Category: Chinese, HSK, Linux, Mac, Web Apps, Windows

I’ve had Xiao CiDian running online for a while, but I thought I’d open it up to anyone who thought it might be useful.

Xiao CiDian is a searchable Chinese dictionary with wild card tone support.

The desktop version has been available for a while. There is a Mac OS X dictionary plugin, and an Adobe Air version. You can download either of those on the 小词典 home page.

However, if you don’t use Mac, or you can’t / wont use Air, then it’s likely been difficult to use 小词典. This web version should work on any device with a decent browser.

Here is a movie showing its usage (and showing a few other really nice online Chinese dictionaries)


Online Chinese Dictionary Search

Chrome has a neat feature that lets you setup other search engines and assign keywords to them. Using this feature, you can have Chrome search the dictionary when you type a keyword into the search bar – I use xcd.

You can set this up by doing the following:

  1. Go into Chrome’s preferences screen, and click the Manage button next to the Default search pull down
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  1. Click the + button to add a new search engine, and then add:

Name: 小词典

Keyword: xcd

URL: http://cn.robrohan.com/search?q=%s

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  1. At anytime in the URL bar, type xcd, press tab, and then search away!
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