pg_pinyin

Pinyin romanization and search helpers for PostgreSQL

Overview

PackageVersionCategoryLicenseLanguage
pg_pinyin0.0.2FTSMITRust
IDExtensionBinLibLoadCreateTrustRelocSchema
2190pg_pinyinNoYesNoYesYesYespinyin
Relatedzhparser pg_search pg_trgm pg_bigm pgroonga pgroonga_database pg_tokenizer fuzzystrmatch

pgrx 0.17.0; optional tokenizer-input overload can integrate with pg_search

Version

TypeRepoVersionPG VerPackageDeps
EXTPIGSTY0.0.21817161514pg_pinyin-
RPMPIGSTY0.0.21817161514pg_pinyin_$v-
DEBPIGSTY0.0.21817161514postgresql-$v-pinyin-
OS / PGPG18PG17PG16PG15PG14
el8.x86_64
el8.aarch64
el9.x86_64
el9.aarch64
el10.x86_64
el10.aarch64
d12.x86_64
d12.aarch64
d13.x86_64
d13.aarch64
PIGSTY 0.0.2
PIGSTY 0.0.2
PIGSTY 0.0.2
PIGSTY 0.0.2
PIGSTY 0.0.2
u22.x86_64
PIGSTY 0.0.2
PIGSTY 0.0.2
PIGSTY 0.0.2
PIGSTY 0.0.2
PIGSTY 0.0.2
u22.aarch64
PIGSTY 0.0.2
PIGSTY 0.0.2
PIGSTY 0.0.2
PIGSTY 0.0.2
PIGSTY 0.0.2
u24.x86_64
PIGSTY 0.0.2
PIGSTY 0.0.2
PIGSTY 0.0.2
PIGSTY 0.0.2
PIGSTY 0.0.2
u24.aarch64
PIGSTY 0.0.2
PIGSTY 0.0.2
PIGSTY 0.0.2
PIGSTY 0.0.2
PIGSTY 0.0.2

Build

You can build the RPM / DEB packages for pg_pinyin using pig build:

pig build pkg pg_pinyin         # build RPM / DEB packages

Install

You can install pg_pinyin directly. First, make sure the PGDG and PIGSTY repositories are added and enabled:

pig repo add pgsql -u          # Add repo and update cache

Install the extension using pig or apt/yum/dnf:

pig install pg_pinyin;          # Install for current active PG version
pig ext install -y pg_pinyin -v 18  # PG 18
pig ext install -y pg_pinyin -v 17  # PG 17
pig ext install -y pg_pinyin -v 16  # PG 16
pig ext install -y pg_pinyin -v 15  # PG 15
pig ext install -y pg_pinyin -v 14  # PG 14
dnf install -y pg_pinyin_18       # PG 18
dnf install -y pg_pinyin_17       # PG 17
dnf install -y pg_pinyin_16       # PG 16
dnf install -y pg_pinyin_15       # PG 15
dnf install -y pg_pinyin_14       # PG 14
apt install -y postgresql-18-pinyin   # PG 18
apt install -y postgresql-17-pinyin   # PG 17
apt install -y postgresql-16-pinyin   # PG 16
apt install -y postgresql-15-pinyin   # PG 15
apt install -y postgresql-14-pinyin   # PG 14

Create Extension:

CREATE EXTENSION pg_pinyin;

Usage

pg_pinyin: Pinyin romanization and search helpers for PostgreSQL

Convert Chinese characters to Pinyin romanization for search and indexing. Works well with pg_trgm for fuzzy Pinyin search or pg_search for word-based search.

CREATE EXTENSION pg_pinyin;

Functions

FunctionDescription
pinyin_char_romanize(text)Character-level Pinyin romanization
pinyin_char_romanize(text, suffix)With custom dictionary suffix
pinyin_word_romanize(text)Word-level Pinyin romanization
pinyin_word_romanize(text, suffix)With custom dictionary suffix
CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS pg_pinyin;
CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS pg_trgm;

CREATE TABLE voice (
  id bigserial PRIMARY KEY,
  description text NOT NULL,
  pinyin text GENERATED ALWAYS AS (public.pinyin_char_romanize(description)) STORED
);

CREATE INDEX voice_pinyin_trgm_idx ON voice USING gin (pinyin gin_trgm_ops);

INSERT INTO voice (description) VALUES ('郑爽ABC');
SELECT id, description, pinyin FROM voice;

Custom Dictionary

Provide custom dictionary tables in schema pinyin with a suffix:

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS pinyin.pinyin_mapping_suffix1 (
  character text PRIMARY KEY,
  pinyin text NOT NULL
);

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS pinyin.pinyin_words_suffix1 (
  word text PRIMARY KEY,
  pinyin text NOT NULL
);

INSERT INTO pinyin.pinyin_mapping_suffix1 (character, pinyin)
VALUES ('郑', '|zhengx|')
ON CONFLICT (character) DO UPDATE SET pinyin = EXCLUDED.pinyin;

-- Use custom dictionary
SELECT public.pinyin_char_romanize('郑爽ABC', '_suffix1');

Last Modified 2026-03-12: add pg extension catalog (95749bf)