Convert file with pinyin tone marks to pinyin tone numbers

[jbradfor]

I have a file with pinyin tone marks that I want to convert to pinyin tone numbers, e.g. hǎo -> hao3. While this seems so basic, I have found nothing that does this. I've found several million programs that do the opposite, from numbers to tones (e.g. hao3 -> hǎo), and another million or so that convert from characters to pinyin. But nothing from marks to numbers.

Anyone know of such a program?

[Yes, I found this thread: http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/topic/5954-converting-pinyin-tone-marks-to-numbers . However, both answers are wrong, in that they convert from numbers to tones.]

[Daan]

I don't know about the macro referred to in that topic, but the converter at MandarinTools can definitely convert pinyin with tone marks to pinyin with tone numbers. Just go here, select Pinyin Converter and then use the drop-down menus. It shouldn't be that difficult to modify the Word macro, either, I think, but this is perhaps more straightforward

[Xiwang]

Wenlin is one program that can do this conversion. I've used this feature to create flash cards in ZDT, which requires tone numbers rather than tone marks to work.

http://www.wenlin.com/

[jbradfor]

Thanks Daan. I was looking for one that works on files. The file is pretty big (1400+ lines), but to my surprise I could cut-and-paste it just fine! [There was another problem that it didn't recognize whatever character the file used as the 3rd tone for all three vowels, but some cut-and-paste fixed that.]

@Xiwang: that was exactly what I wanted this for

[westmeadboy]

Great, thanks - I was just looking for this sort of thing today.

Shame it doesn't also convert the neutral tone to a 5, but I suppose that could lead to all sorts of other problems...

EDIT - hmmm, its not perfect. "bàngōngshì" becomes "bang4o1ngshi4"

[Viktor]

Could someone point me to a converter that also includes the "5" for the neutral tone? Neither Wenlin nor mandarin-tools.com seem to offer this option. Thanks!

[yorkbus]

You may try https://www.purpleculture.net/pinyin-number-tone-converter/

This tool includes 5 for neutral tones