Scan Chinese text with your camera. Get Pinyin or Jyutping, translations, and pronunciation. Vertical text isn’t supported due to Apple Vision limitations.
BiangBiang Hanzi turns any Chinese character into Pinyin in one tap, and translates text into your language. Point your camera at a menu, sign, or book. Get instant readings with tone marks.
Supports Mandarin (Simplified and Traditional) and Cantonese (Jyutping).
Features
- Hanzi to Pinyin and Jyutping conversion in real time
- Translate Chinese into many languages
- OCR from live camera or photos
- Simplified and Traditional Chinese
- Mandarin and Cantonese pronunciation
- History to revisit past conversions
- 100% on-device. No account, no tracking, no data collection.
Perfect for
- Chinese learners improving reading and pronunciation
- Travellers in China, Hong Kong, or Taiwan
- Anyone curious about Chinese characters
Built natively for iOS using Apple's Vision and Translation frameworks.
Ratings & Reviews
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- add translation support for Cantonese using traditional Chinese (Mandarin). Works fine as a workaround until iOS supports Cantonese translations natively
Version 0.5.2
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