Free tools
China culture tools
Small, accurate tools for the things travelers and the curious actually look up — your zodiac animal, lunar dates and festival timing, pinyin pronunciation, and a Chinese name. No sign-up, no fluff.
Chinese Zodiac Calculator Enter your birth date for your true zodiac animal, element and stem-branch year — New Year boundary handled. Chinese Calendar Converter Convert any Western date to the lunar date, zodiac and the festivals that fall that year. Pinyin Tone Converter Type numbered pinyin like ni3 hao3 and get proper tone marks — plus how it actually sounds. Chinese Name Builder Turn the sounds of your name into candidate Chinese characters with meanings.
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