# Qingdu AI: Chinese Reader — Hanzi OCR, Pinyin & Translator

> Hanzi OCR, Pinyin & Translator (iPhone/iPad app by Jungsoo Nam.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/qingdu-ai-chinese-reader/id6782075908 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Jungsoo Nam](https://appshunter.io/developer/6782075910)
- Category: Education, Reference
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.0 · 12 MB
- Languages: American English, Japanese, Korean, Chinese (Simplified, China), Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan)
- Released: 2026-06-28
- Data updated: 2026-08-21
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/qingdu-ai-chinese-reader/id6782075908/reviews.md

## What is Qingdu AI?

Qingdu is an AI Chinese reader that turns your camera into a fast OCR, pronunciation, and translation assistant.

Take a photo of any Chinese characters — textbooks, signs, menus, or notes — and Qingdu instantly recognizes the text with high accuracy, reads it aloud in natural native pronunciation, and provides a translation. Built especially for learners who want to read along and improve as they go.

KEY FEATURES

- AI-Powered OCR — Advanced AI recognition delivers exceptionally high accuracy
- Pinyin Noise Removal — Automatically filters out pinyin and annotations, extracting only clean Chinese characters
- Native Pronunciation — Listen to clear, natural text-to-speech for every character
- Instant Translation — Understand what you're reading right away
- Edit & Refine — Adjust recognized text for perfect accuracy
- Simple & Fast — No login, no account, no clutter. Just open and read

WHY QINGDU?

Many textbooks print pinyin above or beside the characters, which confuses ordinary OCR tools. Qingdu uses AI to intelligently remove this noise and extract only the Chinese characters you need — giving you clean, accurate results every time.

WHO IS IT FOR?

Qingdu is designed for learners of Chinese who study with physical textbooks and want a faster, more accurate way to look up, hear, and understand characters. Whether you're a beginner building vocabulary or an intermediate learner reading native materials, Qingdu helps you read with confidence.

Start reading Chinese today — just snap a photo and tap.

Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Yearly Premium | $34.99 | per year |
| Monthly Premium | $4.99 | per month |



## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.4.3 — 2026-08-09

- iPad support
- Tap the camera icon to scan right away
- Stability improvements

### 1.3 — 2026-07-05

Fixed an issue where the screen layout shrank when the keyboard appeared while editing text. The keyboard now overlays the screen, so the source and translation cards keep their size.

### 1.2 — 2026-07-04

• Faster translations: an instant preview translation appears right after you take a photo, then it's automatically replaced with a more accurate AI translation.
• The Translation tab now comes first and is shown by default.

### 1.1 — 2026-06-30

Faster, more reliable translations — now processed on-device first, so results come quicker and work offline in more cases.

Thanks for reading with Qingdu. More improvements on the way.

### 1.0 — 2026-06-29

No release notes.

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