🌐 Chinese Converter
Convert text between Simplified Chinese (used in mainland China, Malaysia, Singapore) and Traditional Chinese (used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau). Built-in dictionary of thousands of common character mappings. Pure-frontend, no data uploaded.
🔄 Convert Chinese
Type or paste text on the left, choose direction, click Convert.
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ℹ️ About Simplified ↔ Traditional Conversion
• Simplified Chinese is the standard script in mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.
• Traditional Chinese is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau.
• This tool ships with a built-in dictionary of thousands of common-character mappings.
• Note: a few characters have multiple traditional variants. This tool uses the most common mapping; for exact round-tripping, please review the output in context.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
They are two standard written forms of Chinese that share the same grammar and vocabulary. Simplified Chinese was promoted by the PRC government in the 1950s-60s by reducing the stroke count of many characters. Traditional Chinese keeps the original forms and is still used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau. Both are fully readable to any modern Chinese speaker with minor learning adjustment.
Unicode is an international character-encoding standard that assigns every script, symbol, and emoji in the world a unique number called a “code point.” For example, the character 中 has the code point U+4E2D. This tool relies entirely on Unicode and works inside the browser — no server, no API, no upload.
For most everyday text, yes. A small number of characters have multiple traditional variants (e.g. “鍚?rdquo; can map to both 後 and 后 depending on meaning). This tool uses the most common mapping; for legal, medical, or other precision-critical text, please review the output in context.
No. The full dictionary and conversion logic run entirely in your browser using vanilla JavaScript. Your text is never sent to or stored on any server, which means it's safe to use with sensitive or private content.