PinyinToKana

Translate Chinese pinyin to Japanese kana.

Mapping from pinyin to kana is based on the guideline 中国語音節表記ガイドライン 平凡社版

PinyinToKana.pinyin_to_kana('xi jin ping')
#=> 'シージンピン'

You can translate chinese hanzi to kana with chinese_pinyin gem:

Pinyin.t('習近平')
#=> "xi jin ping"
PinyinToKana.pinyin_to_kana(Pinyin.t('習近平'))
#=> 'シージンピン'

Installation

Add this line to your application’s Gemfile:

gem 'pinyin_to_kana'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install pinyin_to_kana

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.