diff --git a/ext/js/language/zh/chinese.js b/ext/js/language/zh/chinese.js
index 3da34403b0..ca89de1ec9 100644
--- a/ext/js/language/zh/chinese.js
+++ b/ext/js/language/zh/chinese.js
@@ -71,5 +71,5 @@ export function isCodePointChinese(codePoint) {
 
 /** @type {import('language').ReadingNormalizer} */
 export function normalizePinyin(str) {
-    return str.normalize('NFC').toLowerCase().replace(/(?<=\w)'(?=\w)/g, "\\'");
+    return str.normalize('NFC').toLowerCase().replace(/[\s・:'’-]|\/\//g, '');
 }
diff --git a/test/language/chinese-reading-normalizer.test.js b/test/language/chinese-reading-normalizer.test.js
index 166d1746a3..97d4fca27b 100644
--- a/test/language/chinese-reading-normalizer.test.js
+++ b/test/language/chinese-reading-normalizer.test.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const tests = [
     ['fān・yì', 'fānyì'],
     ['fān//yì', 'fānyì'],
     ['fān’yì', 'fānyì'],
-    ['fān'yì', 'fānyì'],
+    ['fān\'yì', 'fānyì'],
     ['fān-yì', 'fānyì'],
 ];