New: 3 free documents plus Word Spacing, Erhua, and Fade Grammar Words reading aids — still real-time Pinyin above every Chinese character.
Convert Chinese text to Pinyin — instantly, right in the editor. Paste, Share, or type hanzi and see real-time Pinyin above every character, or copy the romanization out to use anywhere.
Read, practice, and review faster with live pronunciation guidance while you edit. Works with both Simplified and Traditional Chinese — and converts between them, too.
FEATURES
• Hanzi → Pinyin — Convert any Chinese text to pinyin, then copy the romanization out to use in other apps.
• Live Pinyin Overlays — Instant pronunciation guidance while you edit.
• Tone Colors — Tint tone-bearing vowels and tone marks with a configurable color scheme so each of the four tones is recognizable at a glance.
• Simplified ↔ Traditional — Convert between Simplified and Traditional Chinese with one tap. Auto-detects the direction from your text.
• Share Extension — Import text from Safari, PDFs, images, and other apps. Preview with pinyin annotations before importing. Includes OCR support.
• Clipboard History — Paste from recent clipboard entries with a single tap. Long-press for insert options on longer text. Copy Pinyin text to your clipboard for use in other apps.
• Clipboard Suggestions — Automatically detects Chinese text on your clipboard and offers to paste it.
• Freeze Mode — Override display settings for selected text to always show pinyin, tone, or hide overlays.
• Adjustable Text Size — Tune character and Pinyin size for comfortable reading.
• Text Formatting — Emphasize text with bold, underline, and highlight. Formatting carries through to pinyin overlays.
• Undo/Redo — Conveniently available on the keyboard toolbar.
PLUS FEATURES
• Smart Pinyin — More accurate, context-aware Pinyin using word segmentation and tone sandhi rules.
• Reading Aids — Word Spacing groups each word and joins its pinyin (西安 → Xi'an), Erhua shows r-suffixed words (哪儿 → nǎr), and Fade Grammar Words dims particles and measure words so content words stand out.
• Smart Conversion — Word-aware Simplified → Traditional that picks the right character for the meaning (e.g., 头发 → 頭髮).
• Freeze List — Set global per-character pinyin overrides that apply across all your documents. Sort entries the way you study.
• Unlimited Documents — Save texts to revisit and study later. Everyone gets 3 documents free; PLUS removes the cap.
• iCloud Sync — Access your documents across all your devices.
PLUS is available via subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase.
Whether you're learning, teaching, or reviewing, Cloud Pinyin keeps practice focused in a clean, distraction-free editor.
Available in English, Simplified Chinese (简体中文), Traditional Chinese (繁體中文), Korean (한국어), and Vietnamese.
Privacy: Cloud Pinyin collects anonymous usage analytics via TelemetryDeck. No personal information or user content is collected. See our full privacy policy at https://mikechin.github.io.
Terms (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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3 Free Documents
- Save up to 3 documents without a subscription
- PLUS unlocks unlimited documents with iCloud sync
New Reading Aids (PLUS)
- Word Spacing — characters of the same word sit closer together, and the word's pinyin joins into one label (西安 → Xi'an)
- Erhua — show 儿化 words with their r-suffix (哪儿 → nǎr), or spell 儿 out as ér
- Fade Grammar Words — dim particles (的, 了, 吗) and measure words so content words stand out
Per-Document Formatting
- Smart Pinyin, Tone Sandhi, Word Spacing, Erhua, and Fade Grammar Words now save with each document
- Every document keeps its exact look, and your settings become the default for new ones
Polish & Performance
- Simplified ↔ Traditional conversion confirms in a cleaner sheet, with "Don't ask again"
- Pinyin and tone marks are precisely centered over their characters
- Smoother, faster pinyin updates while editing long documents
- More accurate word segmentation for compound words
- Redesigned PLUS plans screen with one-tap plan selection
Version 1.7.2
The developer, Michael Chin, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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Information
Seller
Michael Chin
Size
90.9 MB
Category
Reference
Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 18.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 15.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
Languages
English and 4 more
English, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Vietnamese