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Read Faster, Read Smarter, Read Zhongwen.

Read Zhongwen transforms text from any source into text optimized for learning Chinese.

• Hover your mouse over a character and Read Zhongwen will automatically highlight the appropriate multi-character phrases.
• Tap or click on any unfamiliar phrases to see pinyin and definitions.

To Read Zhongwen, simply:

1. Copy and paste Chinese text from any website or source into the search box on the home page.
2. Hit the submit button.
3. Read Zhongwen!

Read Zhongwen is great for reading whole articles in Chinese newspapers in native Mandarin.

Read Zhongwen uses the CC-CEDICT dictionary maintained by MDBG.