Chinese to Pinyin Converter

Why Do You Need a Chinese to Pinyin Converter

Converting Chinese characters to pinyin is a common need for learning Chinese, checking pronunciation and making pinyin-annotated documents. Whether you want to add pinyin to aid reading or extract initials for search indexes and pinyin input, accurate conversion is essential. This tool is based on pinyin data of tens of thousands of characters and provides flexible output styles.

Core Features Explained

This tool offers rich conversion options:

  1. Pinyin Style: Supports with tones (zhōng), without tones (zhong), tone number 1 (zho1ng), tone number 2 (zhong1) and initials.
  2. Show Original: Choose none, text before, text after, text below (with align length) or custom format (using {{raw}} and {{pinyin}} placeholders).
  3. Extended Options: Custom separator, uppercase/lowercase, keep or remove unrecognized characters, v to ü, neutral tone as 5, etc.

How to Use the Converter

  1. Paste the Chinese text you want to convert into the left input box.
  2. Set the pinyin style, original display and case options as needed.
  3. Click the "Convert" button to see the result on the right.