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

Live demo page is here.
It is implemented by ajax and POX over HTTP.
See also Lingua::ZH::Romanize::Pinyin module page.

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.

• Yahoo! China - News (Simplified Chinese)
• Yahoo! Hong Kong - News (Traditional Chinese)
• Yahoo! Taiwan - News (Traditional Chinese)

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

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Links

• kawa.net xp top page