Paste Chinese characters or pinyin and SayMei automatically chooses the useful direction. Chinese text becomes readable, tone-marked pinyin; pinyin becomes the most likely simplified Chinese characters for the full phrase. The converter is free and requires no signup.
Chinese characters can change pronunciation from one word to another, so the converter reads whole words in context instead of assigning every character one fixed sound. You can view pinyin above the characters, side by side, by itself, or with tone numbers, then copy or download the result. Punctuation and line breaks stay with the passage.
Pinyin is not one-to-one: the same syllables can represent different Chinese words. SayMei uses the complete phrase to return a clearly labeled best match. When another full reading is genuinely plausible, the result explains the ambiguity and lets you choose the meaning you intended instead of hiding the uncertainty.
Inputs such as nǐ hǎo, ni3 hao3, and ni hao are accepted. Tone marks or numbers usually produce a more precise character match. Toneless pinyin can still work, but it creates more homophones, so review any alternatives before copying the characters.
For pronunciation changes that happen in connected speech, use the Chinese Tone Sandhi Checker. To hear individual syllables, open the Mandarin Pinyin Chart, or browse all free SayMei Mandarin tools.
Paste Chinese characters or pinyin to see tone-marked pinyin, an estimated HSK level, the vocabulary in the passage, and the words most worth studying next. It gives you a reading map before you work through the text line by line.
Yes. The converter accepts Chinese characters or pinyin. Paste either format and it will identify vocabulary, estimate the HSK level, and flag study gaps in the same way.
Use a sentence, chat message, lesson script, article excerpt, or class handout you genuinely want to read. A focused passage is easier to review than a whole document, and it gives you a practical group of words to reuse in speaking practice.
Yes. It is free, browser-based, and requires no signup. After you understand the passage, try saying a few of its sentences live with Mei Lin so the new words move from recognition into conversation.