Pinyin, Zhuyin & Chinese Text Tools
Convert Chinese between Pinyin and Zhuyin (Bopomofo) with easy-to-use tools offering tone marks, tone numbers, IPA, and other romanization systems such as Wade-Giles, Yale, and Gwoyeu Romatzyh. You can also identify whether Chinese text uses Simplified or Traditional characters.
Converters & Text Tools
A simple interface converts Chinese characters into pinyin with tone marks, tone numbers, or no tones. If a character has more than one possible pronunciation, the converter will show them together in brackets, for example, 不 appears as [bu4 bu5].
Free Web-Based
Chinese Boost offers a useful collection of free conversion tools for working with Chinese characters and pronunciation systems. Convert Hanzi to Pinyin with tone marks and word spacing, or convert Pinyin and Bopomofo (Zhuyin) between Pinyin, Bopomofo, Wade-Giles, Yale, Gwoyeu Romatzyh, and IPA. Other tools convert between Simplified and Traditional Chinese, break Chinese text into individual words with the Chinese Word Segmenter, and turn numbers into Chinese characters and Pinyin. Everything runs directly in your browser, so the text you enter is not sent to a server.
Free Web-Based
A free tool that identifies whether Chinese text uses simplified or traditional characters. Paste your text into the box and click “Test” to quickly check which writing system it uses, which can be especially helpful before translating or converting unfamiliar text.
Free
★ Converts up to 10,000 Chinese characters to tone-marked pinyin while accounting for common pronunciation changes. NetChai Pinyin Converter is a free, no-sign-up tool that supports Simplified and Traditional Chinese and handles 一/不 tone changes, neutral tones, and many polyphonic characters based on context.
Free
★ Converts Chinese characters while accounting for regional character forms and vocabulary differences. OpenCC is a free, open-source Chinese conversion tool for switching between Simplified and Traditional Chinese, with options for Taiwan and Hong Kong character forms and regional wording. It can convert Taiwan-specific vocabulary to Mainland usage and Mainland wording to common Taiwan equivalents, making it more precise than basic character converters.
Free Web-Based
Purple Culture offers three useful conversion tools for Chinese learners:
Pinyin Number ↔ Tone Mark Converter converts numbered pinyin such as ni3 hao3 to nǐ hǎo, changes tone marks back to numbers, or removes tones entirely.
Simplified ↔ Traditional Chinese Converter converts Chinese text between simplified and traditional characters, including pasted text and supported uploaded files.
Talking Chinese to Pinyin/Zhuyin Converter converts Simplified or Traditional Chinese into Pinyin or Zhuyin (Bopomofo), with pronunciation audio and formatting options for sentences and longer passages.
