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Chinese (Mandarin, Simplified) Audio Reader & Pronunciation
Paste any Chinese (Mandarin, Simplified) text (普通话) and hear it spoken by your device's native zh-CN voice — with adjustable speed and pitch, plus a tap-to-hear numbers 1–10 for pronunciation practice. It is free, runs entirely in your browser and sends nothing to a server. If your device lacks a Chinese (Mandarin, Simplified) voice, the page tells you how to install one.
Chinese (Mandarin, Simplified) text to speech
Checking your device for a Chinese (Mandarin, Simplified) voice…
How to install the voice on this device
Tip: press Ctrl + Enter to read. Nothing is uploaded — your device's own speech engine does the talking.
Numbers 1–10 — tap to hear
- BCP-47 code
- zh-CN
- Voices on this device
- …
How it works
This reader uses the Web Speech API built into your browser. The voices come from your operating system (and, in Chrome and Edge, some online voices), so audio is generated on your device — nothing is uploaded and there are no usage limits. The tool looks for an exact zh-CN voice first, then another accent of the same language, and warns you if neither exists.
Install a Chinese (Mandarin, Simplified) voice
- Windows: Settings → Time & language → Speech → Manage voices → Add voices, choose Chinese (Mandarin, Simplified), then restart your browser. Microsoft Edge also offers online “Natural” voices for many languages.
- macOS: System Settings → Accessibility → Spoken Content → System voice → Manage Voices…, tick a Chinese (Mandarin, Simplified) voice to download it, then reload this page (restart Chrome if needed).
- iPhone & iPad: Settings → Accessibility → Spoken Content → Voices → 普通话, download a voice, then reload this page.
- Android: Settings → System → Languages → Text-to-speech output → engine settings (Speech Services by Google) → Install voice data → Chinese (Mandarin, Simplified), then reload.
- ChromeOS: Settings → Accessibility → Text-to-Speech → Speech engines, enable a Chinese (Mandarin, Simplified) voice, then reload.
- Linux: install speech-dispatcher with an espeak-ng (or RHVoice / Piper) voice for Chinese (Mandarin, Simplified), then restart your browser.
Numbers 1–10 (10)
一 二 三 四 五 六 七 八 九 十
Tap any letter in the tool to hear it, or use “Read the whole alphabet”. Letters are read by your device's voice, so names of letters may vary between voices.
Chinese variants supported
| Language | BCP-47 code | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| Chinese (Mandarin, Simplified) | zh-CN | 你好！你今天好吗？非常感谢。 |
| Chinese (Mandarin, Taiwan) | zh-TW | 你好！你今天好嗎？非常感謝。 |
| Cantonese (Hong Kong) | zh-HK | 你好！你今日點呀？多謝晒。 |