Chinese Pinyin to English Dictionary for Mac Dictionary.app
- Download https://github.com/dongyuwei/Pinyin2English/releases/latest and unzip it
- Copy
Pinyin2English.dictionary
to~/Library/Dictionaries
- Launch Dictionary.app
- In Dictionary > Preferences, scroll to the bottom of the list and check the Pinyin2English dictionary to enable it
- Optional: drag the Pinyin2English dictionary entry to change the order of dictionaries
Try looking up the meaning of these Pinyin as a test: gaoji
or ceshi
- Launch Dictionary and type the Pinyin into the search field
- Right-click on the Pinyin and choose the Look Up menu item
(on a track pad you can also use a Three Finger Tap or Force Click) - Press Cmd+Ctrl+D whilst pointing the mouse cursor at the Pinyin to display a popup
- Download
Additional_Tools_for_Xcode_9.dmg
from apple.com and copyDictionary Development Kit
to/DevTools/Utilities/Dictionary Development Kit
- Git Clone/Download this project
- Open Terminal and cd to project directory
- Run
make && make install
(this will build and install the dictionary) - In Dictionary > Preferences, scroll to the bottom of the list and activate the Pinyin2English dictionary (only required once)
- Dictionary Services Programming Guide, Apple
- Create Custom Dictionaries For Mac OSX, Indiver Nagpal
- Emojipedia
- cedict is downloaded from https://cc-cedict.org/, lisenced under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License
- This project use
Mozilla Public License Version 2.0