Use this tool to add tone marks to pinyin or to convert tone number (e.g. hao3) to tone marks.

Although you can use the red buttons to add tone marks, we highly recommend you use the number method (e.g. hao3) for speed and placement of the accent above the correct vowel. [Hint: Type "v" for "ü"]
Note: You do not need to use this tool to enter pinyin in this dictionary.

Radicals Are Your Friend

It will only take [est_time] to read this post! Here is another one of Bethany’s great posts which is perfect for those of you new to the Chinese language. If you’ve been studying spoken Chinese for a while and now want to learn to read and write Chinese characters, you’ll definitely want to get to… Read More

The Price of Eggs in China

Posted by Bethany from WrittenChinese.Com This week at WrittenChinese.com we have been studying Rank  #60 全国  (quánguó), meaning “across the entire country” or “nationwide”. In search of something interesting including 全国, we found this: The Price of Eggs Across China: 2013年9月27日全国鸡蛋价格行情 (2013 nián 9 yuè 27 rì quánguó jīdàn jiàgé hángqíng) Not that anyone cares about the price… Read More