Question 1

How does Hanbeego's pinyin converter work?

Accepted Answer

Just paste any Chinese passage into the input box, and the tool automatically adds pinyin with tone marks to each character and colours it by tone. That way you instantly see how the whole passage reads without looking up each word manually.

Question 2

Does the generated pinyin have full tone marks?

Accepted Answer

Yes. The output is standard pinyin with tone marks (e.g. nǐ hǎo), not just tone numbers. Each character is also coloured by tone from 1 to 5, helping you recognise and practise correct pronunciation from the start.

Question 3

What do the pinyin colours mean?

Accepted Answer

Each tone is assigned its own colour (tones 1 to 5), so when you look at a pinyin passage you immediately recognise the tone of each character. This tone colouring helps you memorise tones faster than reading single-colour pinyin.

Question 4

Is the pinyin converter free and does it require logging in?

Accepted Answer

The tool is completely free and works instantly without logging in. You can paste as many passages as you like to learn the readings, which is very useful when practising reading texts or Chinese song lyrics.

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Convert hanzi to pinyin with tone marks

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