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Web word lookup: select text to look it up

Look up unfamiliar words while reading articles, browsing websites, or reading YouTube comments—without opening a separate dictionary.

1. Open the zeroStudy popup

Open the webpage you want to read, then click the zeroStudy icon in your browser’s toolbar. If you cannot see it, click the puzzle-piece Extensions icon and select zeroStudy.

The zeroStudy toolbar icon on the left and the puzzle-piece Extensions icon on the right

2. Enable word lookup for this website

Turn on “Look up words on this website” and allow access to the current website if your browser asks. A green switch means it is enabled.

The website word lookup switch in the zeroStudy popup, shown enabled in green

To enable lookup everywhere at once, choose “Enable on all websites.”

The screenshots use the Traditional Chinese interface. “在此網站查詞” is the website lookup switch.

3. Select a word and click Lookup

Close the popup, highlight a word or phrase, then click Lookup (“查詢” in the screenshot), or press Z.

The word unemployed selected in a YouTube comment, with the Lookup button and Z shortcut beside it

The card shows definitions. Click the speaker to hear the word, or choose Learning (“學習中”) to save it for review.

The lookup card for unemployed, showing definitions, pronunciation, and the Learning button

On another website that you have not enabled yet, open the popup and turn on its switch to start looking up words there too.

Learn from what you already enjoy reading

Install the zeroStudy extension and enable word lookup on your favorite websites. Select an unfamiliar word to get started.