HanziTranslator
Live Pinyin Camera Translator
Only for iPhone
$3.99 · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
Turn Hanzi into Pinyin, recognize characters live with your camera, and translate Chinese in a clean, beautifully designed learning experience.
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.
Ratings & Reviews
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new and improved settings screen.
- choose between mandarin, traditional and cantonese
The developer, Danny George Eggenstein, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Danny George Eggenstein
- Size
- 14.9 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.6 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 18.6 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 15.6 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 2.6 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Danny Eggenstein
