Read any Chinese
on your screen.
Snip a subtitle or manga panel — HanziLens gives you the meaning, pinyin, and a full word breakdown instantly, then turns it into flashcards. The reader and study app are free to use right now.
Pro's coming — get founder pricing →
How it works
From a line of Chinese you can't read to a sentence you've learned — in three steps.
Snip
Drag a box over any subtitle, bubble, or web page. Works on tabs and screen-shared windows.
Instant breakdown
OCR + meaning + toned pinyin + word-by-word explanation — all in one call, in your language.
Study & review
Save to your library. Review with SRS flashcards, cloze recall, and an AI tutor per sentence.
Capture Chinese anywhere
Two modes, one result card — works whether you're watching on the web or a desktop app.
Snip this tab
Press Alt+Shift+S or click the extension. Drag a box over any Chinese text — bilibili, web manga, any site.
Capture a screen or app
Share a window or monitor, freeze a moving subtitle, drag-crop. Reaches desktop apps and sidesteps most DRM video restrictions that block tab capture.
A study system built into your captures
Every sentence you save becomes part of a review loop — not just a list to scroll through.
Spaced repetition flashcards
SM-2 scheduling surfaces sentences when you're about to forget. Toggle cloze mode for active recall — the key word is masked, you produce it.
Re-encounter tracking
HanziLens tracks every word across all your captures. When a word keeps showing up in your content, you know it matters.
Per-sentence AI tutor
Open a chat panel on any saved sentence. Ask about the grammar, a tricky word, or get more examples — the tutor has the full breakdown as context.
See it in action
Your saved sentences, tagged and searchable
SRS flashcards with spaced intervals
AI tutor open on any saved sentence
Free today. Pro when it's ready.
Everything below is live right now on the free tier. Pro adds unlimited captures and a sharper model.
- ✓15 snips / day
- ✓Full breakdown + pinyin
- ✓Save to collections
- ✓SRS flashcards + cloze
- ✓Re-encounter tracking
- ✓AI tutor chat
- ✓Unlimited snips
- ✓Higher-accuracy model
- ✓Priority fallback queue
- ✓Everything in Free
Join the waitlist to lock in founder pricing and get first access the day Pro ships. We email you once, at launch — no spam.
- Founder pricing
- First access at launch
- No card · unsubscribe anytime
Questions, answered honestly
Is HanziLens free right now?
Yes. The reader and the whole study app are usable today on the free tier: 15 captures a day plus unlimited flashcard review, cloze, practice quizzes, stroke-order writing, collections, and export. No card, nothing to pay.
What is the Premium waitlist for?
Pro is launching soon — it adds unlimited captures and a higher-accuracy AI model. Joining the waitlist locks in founder pricing (below the eventual public price) and gets you first access the day it ships. We email you once, at launch — no spam.
What will Pro cost, and when does it launch?
We're still finalizing the price and date. Waitlist members hear first and get founder pricing — and you'll always see the price before you're ever charged. The free tier isn't going anywhere.
Does it work on Netflix and Disney+?
Usually — with the right mode. A normal tab snip comes back black on DRM-protected video (the browser blocks it; that's not us). Use "Capture a screen or app" instead: share the window, freeze the frame, and crop — that reads most protected players. A small amount of hardware-protected content can still show black, and the extension tells you when that happens instead of failing silently.
What languages can the breakdown be in?
30 languages — English, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Indonesian, and more. Pick yours once; every breakdown and the AI tutor use it.
Do you store what I snip?
No. The cropped image is analyzed and discarded — it's only kept if you press "Save to collection", and then it's the text and breakdown that's saved, not the image. The extension runs nothing on a page until you start a snip.
Start reading Chinese
anywhere.
It's free to use today. Jump in now — and lock in founder pricing for Pro before it launches.
Pro's coming — join the waitlist →