{"categories":[{"label":"Software Development","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/software-development/18"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Converts Chinese characters to pinyin (romanized Mandarin pronunciation) in multiple formats, and provides prototype Chinese-to-English translation via CC-CEDICT data.","skillfed_tags":["chinese-nlp","romanization","abandoned"],"use_cases":["Convert Chinese text to pinyin for phonetic display or learning applications","Extract initial consonants from Chinese characters for indexing or sorting","Generate numerical tone notation for linguistic analysis or text-to-speech systems","Look up English translations of Chinese words or phrases using the cedict module"],"what_it_does":"Pinyin is a library for converting Chinese characters to their romanized Mandarin pronunciation (pinyin). It reads from a Mandarin.dat data file and supports multiple output formats: diacritical marks (n\u01d0 h\u01ceo), numerical tone notation (ni3hao3), or stripped ASCII (ni hao). It also includes an experimental Chinese-to-English translation module using CC-CEDICT data, though this is noted as a prototype and only functions on Python 3.\n\nThe package has no runtime dependencies and is lightweight, but it is no longer maintained. The last release was in 2016, and the classifiers indicate support only for Python 2.6\u20133.5, making it incompatible with modern Python environments without testing or forking.","worth_installing":"No, unless you are maintaining legacy Python 2 code. The package is abandoned with no updates since 2016 and targets obsolete Python versions. For modern projects, seek an actively maintained alternative. If you must use it, test thoroughly on your target Python version first."},"id":"pinyin","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/pinyin","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/pinyin.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/pinyin/"},"maintenance":{"status":"abandoned"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2016-11-24","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"permissive","name":"pinyin","python_support":"unspecified","summary":"Translate chinese chars to pinyin based on Mandarin.dat"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":79145,"position":14377,"tier":"top_15000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"0.4.0"}