How to convert Chinese characters to Pinyin

Question

For sorting Chinese language text, I want to convert Chinese characters to Pinyin, properly separating each Chinese character and grouping successive characters together.

Answer 1

If you use Visual Studio, this might be an option:

Microsoft.International.Converters.PinYinConverter

How to install:

First, download the Visual Studio International Pack 2.0, Official Download. Once the download is complete install the run file VSIPSetup.msi installation (x86 operating system on the default installation directory (C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio International Feature Pack 2.0). After installation, you need to add a reference in VS, respectively reference: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio International Pack\Simplified Chinese Pin-Yin Conversion Library (Pinyin) and C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio International Pack\Traditional Chinese to Simplified Chinese Conversion Library and Add-In Tool (Traditional and Simplified Huzhuan to)

How to use:

public static string GetPinyin(string str)
    {
        string r = string.Empty;
        foreach (char obj in str)
        {
            try
            {
                ChineseChar chineseChar = new ChineseChar(obj);
                string t = chineseChar.Pinyins[0].ToString();
                r += t.Substring(0, t.Length - 1);
            }
            catch
            {
                r += obj.ToString();
            }
        }
        return r;
    }

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