sinopy 0.3.0

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SinoPy: Python Library for Handling Chinese and Sino-Tibetan Language Data

This is intended as a plugin for LingPy, or an addon, however, you define "plugin". The library gives utility functions that prove useful to handle Chinese data in a very broad context, raning from Chinese character readings up to proposed readings in Middle Chinese and older stages of the language.

Quick Usage Examples

Convert Baxter's (1992) Middle Chinese transcription system to plain IPA (with tone marks).

>>> from sinopy import baxter2ipa
>>> baxter2ipa('bjang')
'bjaŋ¹'
>>> baxter2ipa('bjang', segmented=True)
['b', 'j', 'a', 'ŋ', '¹']

Convert Chinese characters to Pīnyīn

>>> from sinopy import pinyin
>>> pinyin('我', variant='cantonese')
'ngo5'
>>> pinyin('我', variant='mandarin')
'wǒ'

Try to find character by combining two characters:

>>> from sinopy import character_from_structure
>>> character_from_structure('+人我')
'俄'