note: a more modern version of this project is available here: https://github.com/Language-Tools/pinyin-jyutping
Python module which converts a Chinese sentence from Simplified/Traditional to Mandarin/Pinyin and Traditional/Simplified to Cantonese/Jyutping, outputting diacritics (accented characters). I designed this library to create Mandarin and Cantonese flashcards.
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$ pip install pinyin_jyutping_sentence>>> import pinyin_jyutping_sentence
>>> pinyin_jyutping_sentence.pinyin("提高口语")
'tígāo kǒuyǔ'
>>> pinyin_jyutping_sentence.jyutping("我出去攞野食")
'ngǒ cēothêoi ló jěsik'
# the tone_numbers argument can be used to disable diacritics
>>> pinyin_jyutping_sentence.pinyin("忘拿一些东西了", tone_numbers=True)
'wang4 na2 yi1xie1 dong1xi5 le5'
# the spaces argument adds a space between each syllable
>>> pinyin_jyutping_sentence.pinyin("忘拿一些东西了", tone_numbers=True, spaces=True)
'wang4 na2 yi1 xie1 dong1 xi5 le5'
>>> pinyin_jyutping_sentence.jyutping("有啲好貴", tone_numbers=True)
'jau5 di1 hou3 gwai3'- v1.1: improve conversion logic for single characters
- v0.9: removed stdout logging, added tox support
- v0.8: embed MDBG CC-CEDICT for more accurate Pinyin conversions
- v0.6: allow converting Traditional characters to Pinyin, and Simplified to Jyutping
This library is available in the form of a Google Sheets Add-on. You can read about it here: https://medium.com/@lucw/converting-chinese-characters-to-pinyin-or-jyutping-on-google-sheets-eb12cca669cb
Uses the Jieba library (https://github.com/fxsjy/jieba) to tokenize the sentence. Then words are converted to Pinyin/Jyutping either as a whole, or character by character, using the CC-Canto dictionary (http://cantonese.org/about.html). The Jyutping diacritic conversion is not standard but originally described here: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?1,127274,129006