Chinese writes without spaces and speaks in tones, so neither half is easy to look up by hand. Record it or paste it and read the English, then answer in English and send it back in Chinese.
Paste them instead — no input method, no pinyin guessing, no drawing strokes.
Spoken Mandarin into EnglishRecord the sentence and read the meaning a couple of seconds later
Paste simplified or traditionalCopy the message exactly as it arrived and read it in English
English in, Chinese out, ready to play aloud for the other person.
Both directionsOne conversation instead of two separate translations
Saved per language pairReopen the conversation when the next message comes in
Where one word ends and the next begins is a judgement call — made from the whole sentence, not letter by letter.
Word boundaries resolvedChinese runs characters together; the sentence decides how they group
Hear it read aloudPlay the Chinese back when you need the tones, which pinyin on paper never gives you
A WeChat message, a product page, an email — paste the Chinese and read the English.
Whole messages at onceA full paragraph rather than character by character
Copy the English outInto your reply, your notes or a document
Looking up characters one at a time gives you pieces, not a sentence.
IQ Translate: Record it and read the English.
Typical translator apps: Type characters you don't have an input method for.
IQ Translate: Grouped from the whole sentence.
Typical translator apps: Split wrongly, so the meaning changes.
IQ Translate: English in, Chinese out, same conversation.
Typical translator apps: A second lookup the other way.
IQ Translate: Conversations kept per language pair.
Typical translator apps: Lost when you close it.
IQ Translate: Browser tab, no install.
Typical translator apps: App and an input method first.
Common questions about translating Chinese into English.
No. Speak into the mic or paste the characters you were sent — you never type Chinese yourself.
Yes, paste either and the English comes back the same way.
Yes. Record the sentence and the English appears a couple of seconds after the speaker stops.
Yes, the reply is translated into Chinese in the same conversation and can be read aloud so tones are audible.
Yes, one history per language pair. It stays saved, and you can clear it anytime with the trash button above the chat.
Yes. The service is free for everyone — no subscription and no quota. Sign in with email, Google or Apple only if you want your history attached to an account instead of this browser.
Record it or paste it — the meaning is seconds away, free to try.
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