Writing to someone who reads Chinese? Paste your English, get Chinese — free
For a message to family, a client or students who read Chinese. Paste up to 5,000 characters of English and read it in Chinese a few seconds later, ready to copy. 5 free uses a day, no account.
How it works
- Paste the English text — up to 5,000 characters
- Tap "Translate to Chinese" — the Chinese appears below in a few seconds
- Copy it — or sign up free to keep it as a note
How Chinese looks on the page
- Script
- Chinese characters — Simplified in mainland China and Singapore, Traditional in Taiwan and Hong Kong — with no spaces between words.
- Numbers
- 0–9 is common; Chinese numerals appear in formal writing.
- Names
- In Chinese text, family name comes first, usually one syllable (Wang Wei).
Writing to Chinese readers
- Saying "you"
- Chinese has nǐ (familiar) and nín (respectful). Check the tone when you write to an elder, a client or an officer.
- Sentence order
- English and Chinese both put the verb after the subject, so most sentences keep their shape; idioms still need rewording.
- Mixed words
- Mandarin speech in business borrows English words; Cantonese in Hong Kong mixes English heavily.
- Who reads it
- Chinese is spoken in China, Taiwan, Singapore and by communities worldwide.
Example
You paste (English):
Thank you for your order. It will be delivered within three working days.
You read (Chinese):
感谢您的订单。我们将在三个工作日内送达。
Example made with our translator from a sample sentence. Machine translation can make mistakes — check names, dates and amounts.
Text or audio?
Use this page for English you can copy — a message, a notice, a page of a document. If you have a voice note or a recording instead, translate the audio. Translate audio
Questions
Is the English to Chinese translator free?
Yes — up to 5,000 characters, 5 times a day, no sign-up.
Are names, dates and amounts kept?
The translator keeps names and figures as they are, but machine translation can slip — check dates and amounts against the original before you send.
Which "you" will the Chinese use?
The one that fits the tone of what you paste — a respectful message stays respectful for a Chinese reader.
How much English can I paste?
Up to 5,000 characters at a time — about two pages of an email or a notice. For more, split it or sign up free to keep longer translations as notes.
What a free account adds
- Keep each translation in the same note as the original.
- Translate whole recordings — 300 minutes a month free, files up to 100 minutes.
What Pro adds
- Ask one question across all your recordings and folders — “Which email confirmed the delivery date?” — and get the answer with the recording or note it came from.
- 1,200 minutes a month (free: 300) and files up to 2 hours.
- ₹299/month or ₹2,990/year in India; $6.99/month or $49/year elsewhere.