Kitty

Overview

A open-source Java library for converting Chinese to Pinyin.

Features

• solve Chinese polyphone
• support external custom extension dictionary

maven dependency

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.mindflow</groupId>
    <artifactId>py4j</artifactId>
    <version>1.0.0</version>
</dependency>

Usage

1. single char

Converter converter = new PinyinConverter();

char[] chs = {'长', '行', '藏', '度', '阿', '佛', '2', 'A', 'a'};
for(char ch : chs){
    String[] arr_py = converter.getPinyin(ch);
    System.out.println(ch+"\t"+Arrays.toString(arr_py));
}

output:

长	[chang, zhang]
行	[xing, hang, heng]
藏	[zang, cang]
度	[du, duo]
阿	[a, e]
佛	[fo, fu]
2	[2]
A	[A]
a	[a]

2. word

Converter converter = new PinyinConverter();

final String[] arr = {"肯德基", "重庆银行", "长沙银行", "便宜坊", "西藏", "藏宝图", "出差", "参加", "列车长"};
for (String chinese : arr){
    String py = converter.getPinyin(chinese);
    System.out.println(chinese+"\t"+py);
}

output:

肯德基	KenDeJi
重庆银行	ChongQingYinHang
长沙银行	ChangShaYinHang
便宜坊	BianYiFang
西藏	XiZang
藏宝图	CangBaoTu
出差	ChuChai
参加	CanJia
列车长	LieCheZhang

3.Extension vocabulary

Create a file named py4j.txt in your project's classpath META-INF/vocabulary directory.

Just like this:

py4j.txt Content format:

bian#扁/便/便宜坊
du#读/都/度

Performance Tips

Py4j instances are Thread-safe so you can reuse them freely across multiple threads.

Testcase:

final String[] arr = {"大夫", "重庆银行", "长沙银行", "便宜坊", "西藏", "藏宝图", "出差", "参加", "列车长"};
final Converter converter = new PinyinConverter();

int threadNum = 20;
ExecutorService pool = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(threadNum);
for(int i=0;i<threadNum;i++){
    pool.submit(new Callable<Void>() {
        @Override
        public Void call() throws Exception {

            System.out.println("thread "+Thread.currentThread().getName()+" start");
            for(int i=0;i<1000;i++){
                converter.getPinyin(arr[i%arr.length]);
            }
            System.out.println("thread "+Thread.currentThread().getName()+" over");
            return null;
        }
    });
}

pool.shutdown();