普通话

Voice Typing in Mandarin Chinese

Typing Chinese characters is painfully slow — each character requires a pinyin input plus selection from a list of homophones. Zavi AI eliminates this bottleneck entirely: speak naturally in Mandarin and get correctly chosen characters instantly, with the AI disambiguating homophones using context rather than requiring manual selection.

920+ million

Speakers worldwide

China, Taiwan, Singapore

Primary regions

Script

Chinese characters (Simplified and Traditional) with tonal distinctions

Why Mandarin Chinese Voice Typing Is a Game-Changer

Mandarin Chinese is the most spoken language in the world by native speakers. Here are the specific challenges Zavi AI solves for Mandarin Chinese speakers:

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Homophone disambiguation — Mandarin has thousands of characters that sound identical (e.g., 是/事/市 are all "shì")

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Simplified vs. Traditional character selection depending on the audience (Mainland China vs. Taiwan/Hong Kong)

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Four tones plus neutral tone that fundamentally change word meaning

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Chengyu (成语) four-character idioms and classical expressions used in formal writing

How People Use Zavi for Mandarin Chinese

Skip pinyin input entirely

No more typing pinyin and picking from character lists. Speak in Mandarin and Zavi outputs the correct characters immediately, using context to resolve homophones.

Simplified & Traditional support

Choose your output format — Simplified for Mainland China or Traditional for Taiwan and Hong Kong audiences.

Chinese business correspondence

Dictate formal Chinese business emails and reports. Zavi produces polished text with appropriate formal expressions and correct measure words (量词).

How Mandarin Chinese Voice Typing Works

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Speak in Mandarin Chinese

Open any app and tap the microphone on your Zavi keyboard. Speak naturally in Mandarin Chinese (普通话) — don't worry about fillers, pauses, or getting every word perfect.

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AI Polishes Your Mandarin Chinese Text

Zavi's Zero-Prompting AI removes filler words, corrects grammar, adds punctuation, and handles Mandarin Chinese-specific formatting — including chinese characters (simplified and traditional) with tonal distinctions.

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Translate or Keep in Mandarin Chinese

Get your output in clean Mandarin Chinese text, or instantly translate to English or any of 100+ other languages. Perfect for multilingual workflows across China, Taiwan, Singapore.

Mandarin Chinese Voice Typing FAQ

How does Zavi handle Chinese homophones?

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Zavi uses contextual AI to disambiguate homophones. For example, it knows whether "shì" should be 是, 事, or 市 based on the surrounding sentence.

Does Zavi support both Simplified and Traditional Chinese?

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Yes. You can configure Zavi to output in Simplified Chinese (简体) or Traditional Chinese (繁體) based on your preference.

Can Zavi handle Chinese tones?

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Zavi's speech recognition is trained on tonal Mandarin and correctly distinguishes between the four tones to select the right characters.

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