Read any Chinese text —
even if you only know pinyin.
Paste a chat message, a song lyric, a menu or a news headline. Every character gets pinyin with colour-coded tones, long words stay grouped, and any character you tap opens its stroke-order page.
Try a sample: · ·
How the tone colours work
Pinyin tones are the hardest habit for new learners, so every syllable is colour-coded: red for the flat first tone, green for the rising second tone, blue for the dipping third tone, purple for the falling fourth tone and grey for the neutral tone. After a week of reading coloured text, most learners start "hearing" the tone from the colour alone.
Frequently asked questions
Which pronunciation do you use for 多音字 (characters with several readings)?
We show the most common reading. A few characters change sound depending on the word — for example 行 can be xíng or háng. When in doubt, tap the character: its own page lists the readings and example words.
Does the annotator segment words?
Yes — your browser's built-in Chinese word segmenter keeps multi-character words together with a subtle dotted underline, so 你好 stays one word instead of two loose characters.
Can I print the annotated text?
Yes — click Print sheet and your text is carried over to the Worksheet Generator: it becomes a clean printable page with pinyin above each character, tracing grids and stroke-order numbers. Choose Letter, A4 or A3, print it, or save it as a PDF for homework.
What is "Hide pinyin (test yourself)"?
It blurs every pinyin syllable. Read the characters, guess the pronunciation, then hover a syllable to check yourself — the fastest way to find out which characters you actually know.