Scan Chinese - OCR & Translation & Pronunciation for Chinese Characters

中 ScanChinese Instant OCR, translation & pronunciation

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Your instant companion for reading and writing Chinese. Type, scan or draw, and get Pinyin (Mandarin), Yale (Cantonese) and English — with audio for both. Type English to get Chinese back.

Features

Instant camera scanning
Drag & drop image upload
Handwriting recognition
Mandarin & Cantonese audio
Two-way translation, English ↔ Chinese
One-tap copy to clipboard

Quick start

Type into the text box, or fill it by scanning an image or drawing characters.
When drawing, tap a suggested character to add it to the box, then draw the next one.
Tap Translate. Chinese gives you English; English gives you Chinese, with Pinyin and Yale either way.
Copy any result, or tap play to hear the pronunciation.

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Tap a character to add it

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English

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