Pinyinize vs HanziTranslator

Are you studying Chinese and proficient in pronouncing PinYin, but don't ever see any Chinese writing with accompanying PinYin? Have you ever been in a Chinese restaurant, looking at the menu, and wishing you knew how PinYin of the dishes' names to be able to order them from your server in Chinese? Have you ever been in the taxi in China or Taiwan and needed to tell your driver the destination, with the address in hand, but you could not pronounce it? Well guess what - the struggle is over! With the PinYinize, you can use your camera turn Chinese characters into phonetic PinYin at your fingertips! Simply point the in-app camera to the Chinese text you are interested in, take a photo, and the app will automatically convert them into PinYin for you. What about those pesky characters that change in pronunciation based on the change in context? We've got you covered! The PinYinize will display the Chinese characters in your photo by grouping them in helpful boxes that identifies the pertinent context they are in, and helps you pronounce the characters accurately!

Read Chinese. Understand it. Speak it. HanziTranslator is a modern Chinese reading and translation app designed to make Chinese characters easier to understand — whether you are studying, travelling, reading a menu, or simply curious about the text in front of you. Point your camera at Chinese characters and see their pronunciation appear directly over the text. Or type and paste Chinese into the translator to instantly get Pinyin and a translation. Live Pinyin Camera Turn your iPhone into a Chinese reading assistant. Point the camera at Chinese text and HanziTranslator recognizes the characters in real time and displays their Pinyin pronunciation directly over them. Perfect for: signs menus books packaging worksheets handwritten notes everyday Chinese text Translation is optional, so you can keep the camera focused purely on Hanzi → Pinyin when you just want help reading. Hanzi, Pinyin and Translation The translator connects three views of Chinese: Hanzi 你好，我想吃饭。 Pinyin nǐ hǎo, wǒ xiǎng chī fàn. Translation Hello, I want to eat. Enter Chinese characters and receive pronunciation and translation, or enter a translation and convert it back into Chinese. On supported devices, HanziTranslator can also interpret Pinyin input and reconstruct the most likely Chinese characters from context. Built for Chinese learners HanziTranslator supports: Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Mandarin Pinyin Cantonese mode with Jyutping support multiple translation languages Switch between Chinese writing systems and target languages whenever you need. Designed to feel at home on iPhone HanziTranslator combines modern iOS design with visual details inspired by traditional Chinese art. The interface stays intentionally simple: no clutter, no complicated menus — just the tools you need to read and understand Chinese. Learn Chinese wherever you find it Chinese is no longer limited to your textbook. See a character you do not recognize? Open the camera. Want to know how a sentence is pronounced? Paste it into HanziTranslator. Know the pronunciation but not the characters? Enter the Pinyin and let HanziTranslator help reconstruct the Hanzi on supported devices. Chinese becomes much easier when you can read what you see.