Auto fill fields from Chinese.

This add-on is a fixed version for Anki25.07+ of the addon "Chinese Support 3", originally created by Gustaf Carefall and credit goes to them. Credit: Other Copyright and Contributors (AGPL)

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Edit: 2026-05-01: The original Chinese Support 3 has been updated to a new version so this v4 is no longer needed and I recommend using version 3. (this V4 still works so you can continue to use it if needed.)
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(These images are edited and re-uploaded from the original add-on images.)

How to use

To use this add-on you need to use Chinese note types. When you download the add-on a new note type will be added to Manage Note Types (Ctrl+Shift+N), so please add it by clicking on the Add button.

After adding a note type select the note type in the editor and activate it with the button in the editor.

Features

(These are edited and re-uploaded from the original add-on page.)

• The templates can be found under 'Choose Note Type' -> 'Manage' -> 'Add'

• If you find that a field is not filling at all, please check config.json for the complete list of valid field names.

• Automatic field filling

  • Translation (from built-in dictionary; supports English, German and French)
  • Romanisation (supports Pīnyīn (拼音) and Cantonese Jyutping (粵拼))
  • Mandarin Audio (fetched from Google or Baidu)
  • Traditional (繁體字) and simplified (簡體字) characters
  • Bopomofo (ㄅㄆㄇㄈ), also known as Zhuyin (注音)
  • Rubies (small-print transcription placed above characters)
  • Frequency (from “very basic” to “obscure”) - based on anki-chinese-word-frequency
  • Usage Sentence Examples - Chinese/English sentence pairs from Tatoeba

• Automatic tone change of auto filled pinyin (hanzi field must be populated)

  • E.g. fen1kai1 -> Tab -> fēnkāi (won't replace existing tones)

• Tone colours (applied to characters, romanisation and Bopomofo)

• Built-in note types (Basic and Advanced)

Usage

The core feature of the add-on is the automatic field filling. To take advantage of this, you need to have an Anki note type with the appropriate fields (e.g., Hanzi, English, Pinyin, Sound). See config.json for a list of valid field names.

If you don't already have such a note type, the easiest approach is to use one of the built-in models. Two types are installed automatically: Basic and Advanced. The only important difference is that the Advanced model shows more information.

To use the field-filling features:

1. Add a new note to Anki (press a)
2. Create (manage -> add) and select Chinese (Basic) or Chinese (Advanced) as the note type
3. Enable Chinese Support 3 for this note type (click 汉字)
4. Enter a word (e.g., 電話) into the Hanzi field (sentences will also work)
5. Press Tab
6. The remaining fields should then be populated automatically

For other uses, older versions of the wiki may be helpful: (OLD) Chinese Support Wiki

Frequently Asked Questions

Q. It suddenly stopped working due to an error, what should I do?

• This add-on may occasionally corrupt save data, if so please try delete the add-on and then reinstall it.

Q. Why isn't the audio playing?

• The audio for the card template defaults to <!--{{Sound}}--> so please try manually change it to {{Sound}} .

Q. How do I auto add example sentences?

• Please try adding a field named "Usage" or "Examples" to your card template.

Credit

Copyright and Contributors:

• 2012-2015 Thomas TEMPÉ thomas.tempe@alysse.org
• 2012 Roland Sieker ospalh@gmail.com
• 2013 Chris Hatch foonugget@gmail.com
• 2014 Alex Griffin alex@alexjgriffin.com
• 2017-2021 Joseph Lorimer joseph@lorimer.me
• 2020 Joe Minicucci https://joeminicucci.com
• 2023-2024 Gustaf Carefall https://github.com/Gustaf-C
• 2023-2025 Kieran Black https://github.com/kieranlblack
• 2025 fetsorn https://github.com/fetsorn
• 2025 Shigeyuki http://patreon.com/Shigeyuki

other contributors, see: chinese-support-3/contributors

Other Chinese Support Addons

• V1. chinese-support-addon (maybe original)
  • Author: Thomas TEMPÉ
  • Wiki: Chinese Support Wiki
• V2. Chinese Support Redux v0.14.2
  • AnkiWeb: AddonPage
  • Author: JD Lorimer
• V3. Chinese Support 3
  • AnkiWeb: AddonPage
  • Author: Gustaf-C
  • Contributors: Kieran Black

Related Add-ons

1. add-on : 🐼Chinese Words Finder
2. add-on : 🐼Chinese Dictionary CC-CEDICT
3. Korean Support | AnkiWeb: AddonPage | Author: Scott Gigante

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