NSString *hanziText = @"我是中国人"; if ([hanziText length]) { NSMutableString *ms = [[NSMutableString alloc] initWithString:hanziText]; if (CFStringTransform((__bridge CFMutableStringRef)ms, 0, kCFStringTransformMandarinLatin, NO)) { NSLog(@"pinyin: %@", ms); } if (CFStringTransform((__bridge CFMutableStringRef)ms, 0, kCFStringTransformStripDiacritics, NO)) { NSLog(@"pinyin: %@", ms); } }