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Best alternatives to Inkah: Chinese & Korean Pop-up Dictionary (2026)

10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Inkah, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.

Inkah: Chinese & Korean Pop-up Dictionary today

≈2K users4.9★ from 93 ratingsUpdated 3 months ago1 permissions

Inkah alternatives, compared

  1. 1

    Chinese Console Popup Dictionary

    Hover over Chinese characters for definitions, images, examples, visualizations, radicals, frequencies, HSK info, & more

    990 users4.3★ from 17 ratingsUpdated 23 months ago2 permissions
    • About 2.0× fewer users than Inkah
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for more permissions (2 vs 1)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
  2. 2

    LiuChan Chinese Popup Dictionary

    A lightweight Mandarin and Cantonese mouse-over dictionary for Chinese.

    ≈3K users4.9★ from 39 ratingsUpdated 3 months ago5 permissions
    • About 1.5× more users than Inkah
    • Asks for more permissions (5 vs 1)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
  3. 3

    Google Dictionary (by Google)

    View definitions easily as you browse the web.

    ≈4M users3.8★ from 13.7K ratingsUpdated 9 months ago1 permissions
    • About 2000× more users than Inkah
    • Rated 1.1 stars lower
    • Updated less recently
    • Listed under Tools
  4. 4

    Zhongzhong: An improved Chinese Dictionary

    Currently the best Chinese popup dictionary. More features. Frequently updated.

    ≈6K users4.7★ from 63 ratingsUpdated 4 months ago6 permissions
    • About 3.0× more users than Inkah
    • Asks for more permissions (6 vs 1)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
  5. 5

    Zhongwen: Chinese-English Dictionary

    Great tool for learning Chinese. Includes links to Chinese Grammar Wiki. Supports adding words to Skritter.

    ≈100K users4.5★ from 739 ratingsUpdated 6 weeks ago3 permissions
    • About 50× more users than Inkah
    • Rated 0.4 stars lower
    • Asks for more permissions (3 vs 1)
  6. 6

    Chinese Dictionary

    Use chinese dictionary for translation, pinyin and hsk. Train mandarin tones. Translate english to chinese and chinese to english.

    396 users4.9★ from 14 ratingsUpdated 6 weeks ago4 permissions
    • About 5.1× fewer users than Inkah
    • Asks for more permissions (4 vs 1)
  7. 7

    Chinese Popup Dictionary - Mandarin & Cantonese

    Dual Mandarin & Cantonese (Jyutping) popup dictionary for those learning one or both

    ≈1K users5.0★ from 2 ratingsUpdated 4 months ago7 permissions
    • About 2.0× fewer users than Inkah
    • Asks for more permissions (7 vs 1)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
  8. 8

    CWS: Chinese Dictionary + Pinyin Annotator

    Chinese words separator + Chinese-English/English-Chinese dictionary + Pinyin annotator + Pin1yin1 IME

    ≈5K users4.7★ from 49 ratingsUpdated 8 days ago6 permissions
    • About 2.5× more users than Inkah
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for more permissions (6 vs 1)
  9. 9

    Click dictionary

    Double click on words to see their definition

    ≈1K users3.8★ from 11 ratingsNot updated for 3+ years2 permissions
    • About 2.0× fewer users than Inkah
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for more permissions (2 vs 1)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
  10. 10

    Saladict - Pop-up Dictionary

    Look up and translate selected text with multiple dictionaries, flexible selection modes, vocabulary notes, and PDF lookup.

    ≈200K users4.8★ from 1.8K ratingsUpdated 5 days ago12 permissions
    • About 100× more users than Inkah
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for more permissions (12 vs 1)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning

Inkah alternatives: questions

What is the best alternative to Inkah?

By users, the most popular alternative is Google Dictionary (by Google) with ≈4M users and a 3.8-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Chinese Console Popup Dictionary.

Which Inkah alternative has the best rating?

Saladict - Pop-up Dictionary has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.8 out of 5 from 1.8K ratings.

How many alternatives to Inkah are there?

We list 10 close alternatives to Inkah on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.

Users and ratings are the figures shown on the Chrome Web Store, re-checked continuously. Alternatives are matched on name, description, category and topic. Browse best-of lists by niche.