PyNLPIR

PyNLPIR is a Python wrapper around the NLPIR/ICTCLAS Chinese segmentation software.

• Documentation: https://tsroten.github.io/pynlpir/
• GitHub: https://github.com/tsroten/pynlpir
• Support: https://github.com/tsroten/pynlpir/issues
• Free software: MIT license

About

Easily segment text using NLPIR, one of the most widely-regarded Chinese text analyzers:

import pynlpir
pynlpir.open()

s = '欢迎科研人员、技术工程师、企事业单位与个人参与NLPIR平台的建设工作。'
pynlpir.segment(s)

[('欢迎', 'verb'), ('科研', 'noun'), ('人员', 'noun'), ('、', 'punctuation mark'), ('技术', 'noun'), ('工程师', 'noun'), ('、', 'punctuation mark'), ('企事业', 'noun'), ('单位', 'noun'), ('与', 'conjunction'), ('个人', 'noun'), ('参与', 'verb'), ('NLPIR', 'noun'), ('平台', 'noun'), ('的', 'particle'), ('建设', 'verb'), ('工作', 'verb'), ('。', 'punctuation mark')]

Features

• Helper functions for common use cases
• English/Chinese part of speech mapping
• Support for UTF-8, GBK, and BIG5 encoded strings (and unicode of course!)
• Access to NLPIR's C functions via ctypes
• Includes a copy of NLPIR
• Supports macOS (Intel), Linux, and Windows

Getting Started

• Install PyNLPIR
  • pip install pynlpir to install PyNLPIR
  • pynlpir update to download the latest license
• Read PyNLPIR's tutorial
• Learn from the API documentation
• Contribute documentation, code, or feedback