Cloud Pinyin

Cloud Pinyin shows real-time Pinyin above every Chinese character — right in the editor.

Paste, Share, or type Chinese text and instantly see on-the-fly romanization above characters so you can read, practice, and review faster. Works with both Simplified and Traditional Chinese.

FEATURES
• 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.
• 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.
• Save Documents — Keep texts to revisit and study later.
• 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/