diff --git a/cosyvoice/cli/frontend.py b/cosyvoice/cli/frontend.py
index f10f655..c30135a 100644
--- a/cosyvoice/cli/frontend.py
+++ b/cosyvoice/cli/frontend.py
@@ -23,7 +23,12 @@ import os
 import inflect
 from tn.chinese.normalizer import Normalizer as ZhNormalizer
 from tn.english.normalizer import Normalizer as EnNormalizer
-
+try:
+    import ttsfrd
+    use_ttsfrd = True
+except:
+    print("failed to import ttsfrd, please normalize input text manually")
+    use_ttsfrd = False
 from cosyvoice.utils.frontend_utils import contains_chinese, replace_blank, replace_corner_mark, remove_bracket, spell_out_number, split_paragraph
 
 
@@ -50,8 +55,17 @@ class CosyVoiceFrontEnd:
         self.instruct = instruct
         self.allowed_special = allowed_special
         self.inflect_parser = inflect.engine()
-        self.zh_tn_model = ZhNormalizer(remove_erhua=False,full_to_half=False)
-        self.en_tn_model = EnNormalizer()
+        self.use_ttsfrd = use_ttsfrd
+        if self.use_ttsfrd:
+            self.frd = ttsfrd.TtsFrontendEngine()
+            ROOT_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+            assert self.frd.initialize('{}/../../pretrained_models/CosyVoice-ttsfrd/resource'.format(ROOT_DIR)) is True, 'failed to initialize ttsfrd resource'
+            self.frd.set_lang_type('pinyin')
+            self.frd.enable_pinyin_mix(True)
+            self.frd.set_breakmodel_index(1)
+        else:
+            self.zh_tn_model = ZhNormalizer(remove_erhua=False,full_to_half=False)
+            self.en_tn_model = EnNormalizer()	
 
     def _extract_text_token(self, text):
         text_token = self.tokenizer.encode(text, allowed_special=self.allowed_special)
@@ -86,7 +100,10 @@ class CosyVoiceFrontEnd:
     def text_normalize(self, text, split=True):
         text = text.strip()
         if contains_chinese(text):
-            text = self.zh_tn_model.normalize(text)
+            if self.use_ttsfrd:
+                text = self.frd.get_frd_extra_info(text, 'input')
+            else:
+                text = self.zh_tn_model.normalize(text)	
             text = text.replace("\n", "")
             text = replace_blank(text)
             text = replace_corner_mark(text)