Chinese Phonetic Database
Over four million entries
Precise PRC and Taiwan pronunciation differences
Ideal for speech technology
Overview
The CJKI Chinese Phonological Database (CPD) currently contains over four million Simplified Chinese (SC) and Traditional Chinese (TC) headwords covering general vocabulary, important technical terms, and proper nouns. Thoroughly proofread for accuracy, each headword is accompanied by pinyin or zhuyin and shows Taiwan/PRC differences, e.g. 危险 is wēixiǎn for SC, but wéixiǎn for TC.
SC-TC Pinyin Differences
| SC | SC Pinyin | TC | TC Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 临期 | línqī | 臨期 | línqí |
| 企 | qǐ | 企 | qì |
| 企业 | qǐyè | 企業 | qìyè |
| 倬雄 | zhuōxióng | 倬雄 | zhuóxióng |
| 危 | wēi | 危 | wéi |
| 危险 | wēixiǎn | 危險 | wéixiǎn |
| 发 | fà | 髮 | fǎ |
| 埒城 | lièchéng | 埒城 | lèchéng |
| 夕日 | xīrì | 夕日 | xìrì |
| 大期 | dàqī | 大期 | dàqí |
| 巍八郎 | wēibāláng | 巍八郎 | wéibāláng |
| 帆柱 | fānzhù | 帆柱 | fánzhù |
| 微 | wēi | 微 | wéi |
| 微笑 | wēixiào | 微笑 | wéixiào |
| 拙夫 | zhuōfū | 拙夫 | zhuófū |
| 无着 | wúzhuó | 無著 | wúzhuó |
| 昔日 | xīrì | 昔日 | xírì |
| 显微镜 | xiǎnwēijìng | 顯微鏡 | xiǎnwéijìng |
| 期待 | qīdài | 期待 | qídài |
| 池穴 | chíxué | 池穴 | chíxuè |
| 理发 | lǐfà | 理髮 | lǐfǎ |
| 隆巴妮 | lóngbānī | 隆巴妮 | lóngbāní |
| 麦卡锡 | màikǎxī | 麥卡錫 | màikǎxí |
Practical Applications
CPD can be used in a variety of applications such as:
Input method editors
Transcription systems
Pedagogical applications
Text-to-speech
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