Free on iPhone and iPad

Read Chinese with confidence.

Photograph, paste or import Chinese. PinyinIQ puts editable pinyin beside every character, reads it aloud and processes the material on your device.

  • Free to download
  • No account
  • No ads or tracking
  • On-device processing
PinyinIQ Document Studio showing editable pinyin beside Chinese characters

One clear transformation

From Chinese text to something you can read.

PinyinIQ keeps the original characters visible and places pronunciation where your eyes need it. Review uncertain readings, make corrections, listen and save.

Before

重庆银行行长喜欢音乐。

With PinyinIQ

chóngqìngyínhánghángzhǎnghuanyīnyuè 

Built for real Chinese

Three ways to make reading easier.

01

Point your camera

Live Lens recognises a focused line of printed Chinese and shows pinyin while you read. Freeze the view, hear the phrase or save it for later.

PinyinIQ Live Lens identifying a line of Chinese and showing its pinyin
02

Import a document or image

Bring in text, photos, PDF, DOCX, HTML or EPUB material. Review context-aware pinyin, correct a reading and export a clean annotated document.

PinyinIQ Document Studio importing Chinese and adding context-aware pinyin
03

Read, listen and learn

Continue in the reader, look up words in the offline dictionary, hear pronunciation and keep readings, bookmarks and learning cards together.

PinyinIQ offline Chinese dictionary with pronunciation and learning tools

Private by design

Your reading stays yours.

No account. Open the app and start reading.

No advertising or tracking. PinyinIQ does not profile you.

Local processing. Documents and camera recognition stay on your device.

Start reading today

Chinese is closer than it looks.

Download PinyinIQ free on the App Store for iPhone and iPad.

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