DIY PRO · Tool 03 · Pinyin Dictation

Hear the pinyin, write the hanzi.

Build your own write-from-pinyin dictation book. Type the words — this week's lesson, a teacher's list, or the ones that keep slipping away — and out comes a printed sheet: pinyin on top, empty practice grids below, a score box for whoever marks it, and a separate answer key so anybody can check the work.

What's inside · 内含

A test you can make in one minute

Dictation only works when the list matches the learner. Here the list is yours — and the page does everything else.

01

Pinyin is the only cue拼音提示

The sheet shows the sound and numbered grids — never the character. Recalling the hanzi from its pinyin is the whole exercise.

02

Pinyin sits on its grid拼音对位

Every syllable prints directly above the box that waits for its character — sound and square always matched, and a word that does not fit on the line moves down whole.

03

Score box on every sheet评分栏

A grading box sits beside the title, so the sheet comes back with a mark — and the missed words become next week's list.

04

Answer key included答案页

The same numbered words, characters written in, on a separate page. Whoever marks the sheet — teacher, parent, classmate — never has to guess.

05

Dated, themed, or blank日期主题选填

Set the dictation date and a theme like “Unit 3 · 生字” and they print on the sheet. Leave them empty for a plain, reusable page.

06

Made to be shared师生家长通用

One PDF prints for the whole class or the kitchen table. Teachers build the list, parents run the test, classmates swap and mark each other's sheets.

Build · 生成

Type the words. Print the test.

This is the live renderer — the exported PDF is every page at A4. Change anything on the left and the sheet on the right redraws.

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Waiting for words

Live preview · the exported PDF is every page at 210 × 297 mm

How to use · 怎么用

Three ways the same sheet gets used

The sheet is the same; only the voice reading the words changes.

In class

The teacher builds the list from the week's lesson, prints one sheet per student, and reads the words aloud. The score box makes marking quick.

At home

A parent types tonight's ten words, runs the dictation at the kitchen table, and checks against the answer key — no textbook flipping.

Between classmates

Two students each build a list for the other, swap sheets, dictate to each other, then mark with the answer key. Making the test is half the learning.

Want the rest of the workshop?

Six more tools are being built on the same character library — reading books, HSK colour-coding, a repetition planner and a structure splitter.

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