>>> import pinyin
>>> print pinyin.get('你 好')
nǐ hǎo

>>> print pinyin.get('你好', format="strip", delimiter=" ")
ni hao

>>> print pinyin.get('你好', format="numerical")
ni3hao3

>>> print pinyin.get_initial('你好')
n h

>>> import pinyin.cedict
>>> pinyin.cedict.translate_word('你')
['you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2])']
>>> pinyin.cedict.translate_word('你好')
['Hello!', 'Hi!', 'How are you?']
>>> list(pinyin.cedict.all_phrase_translations('你好'))
[['你', ['you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2])']], ['你好', ['Hello!', 'Hi!', 'How are you?']], ['好', ['to be fond of', 'to have a tendency to', 'to be prone to']]]