English Japanese Kawa.netxp [Ajax] Romanization of Chinese language (Pinyin)

Pinyin is a romanization system (phonemic notation) of Chinese characters.
Enter some Chinese phrases and push the button below.
Both of Simplified Chinese (GB2312) and Traditional Chinese (BIG5) are allowed.
This page is implemented by ajax and POX over HTTP.
See also Lingua::ZH::Romanize::Pinyin module page.


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Result here.

This web service's specification

Dictionary files on web server are PY.tit (for Mandarin) and CTLauBig5.tit (for Cantonese) which were distributed with cxterm.

Request

Request URL: http://www.kawa.net/works/ajax/romanize/romanize.cgi (POST method) 

mode=MODE&ie=CHARSET&q=QUERY

MODE is required; mode=pinyin (for Mandarin) or mode=cantonese (for Cantonese).
CHARSET is optional; and default value is ie=UTF-8.
QUERY is URL encoded Chinese phrases.

POX over HTTP response

The response from server is a POX, Plain Old XML, format. 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<ul>
  <li>
    <span title="ni">你</span>
    <span title="hao">好</span>
  </li>
</ul>

Chinese websites

Copy&paste is the good way to test the form above.

You can also try from Yahoo! JAPAN, but the pronouciation of Japanese is completely different from it of Chinese.

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