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The tool matches dictionary words before falling back to shorter matches. It shows written dictionary tones, so 你好 appears as nǐ hǎo. Spoken tone changes are a separate step.
The vocabulary is strongest for Traditional Chinese and Taiwan Mandarin. Simplified forms, names, rare characters and regional readings may be missing or differ from your course. An alternative is available only when the dictionary contains it.
Learn how tone marks work →No. Pinyin records Mandarin pronunciation. It does not translate meaning or change Traditional characters into Simplified characters.
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