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Traditional characters
Every character with a different Simplified form, from the OpenCC character table. Mainland readers use Simplified characters.
Free Mainland Chinese Copy Checker
Does your Chinese copy read as mainland?
Copy from a Taiwan, Hong Kong or Macao translator, or from a machine, can keep words mainland buyers do not use. Paste it and see common Traditional characters and regional words, with the term mainland readers usually write.
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我们的软体平台
May read as Taiwan usage
我们的软件平台
Mainland Chinese Copy Checker report by dminorstudio, tools.dminorstudio.com/mainland-chinese-copy-checker/
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- 0 Traditional characters
- 0 Taiwan words
- 0 Hong Kong and Macao words
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- 词 Regional word
- 字 Traditional character
- 词 Check meaning
Top issues
Check the meaning
These words are not scored. Their meaning depends on the sentence, so a mainland reader may write them differently.
The word lists cover common and IT terms best. Industry terms vary. Have a mainland reviewer confirm the changes before you publish.
Full report
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- Every issue, grouped by type with counts
- Your copy with all suggestions applied
- A glossary table for your translator
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Your mainland copy report
Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao words 0
These words may read as Taiwan, Hong Kong or Macao usage. Mainland readers usually write the term on the right.
No Taiwan, Hong Kong or Macao words found.
Traditional characters 0
Each character below is written in Traditional characters. Mainland readers usually write the Simplified form shown after it. Source: OpenCC.
No Traditional characters found.
Check the meaning 0
Not scored and not changed in the corrected text. These words can be standard mainland usage or not, depending on the sentence.
No words to check.
Corrected text
Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao words and Traditional characters replaced. Words to check for meaning are left as they are. Review it with a mainland reader before publishing.
Glossary for your translator
Every flagged word, with the term mainland readers usually write.
| Found term | Mainland term | English | Region | Source |
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The word lists cover common and IT terms best. Industry terms vary. Have a mainland reviewer confirm the changes before you publish.
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How it works
From pasted copy to translator brief
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Paste your copy
Up to 20,000 characters from a web page, brochure or email. It stays in your browser.
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See every flag
Traditional characters and Taiwan, Hong Kong or Macao words are highlighted, each with the term mainland readers usually write.
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Brief your translator
Unlock the full report: corrected text and a glossary your translator or mainland reviewer can work from.
What we check
Characters and words, in one pass
软体软件
Taiwan words
Words that may read as Taiwan usage, even in Simplified characters, as machine-converted copy often is.
电邮电子邮件
Hong Kong and Macao words
Words that may read as Hong Kong or Macao usage. The score weighs each regional word four times a single character.
简报Check meaning
Words to check for meaning
Words such as 业务 or 简报 are standard in mainland copy in one sense and Taiwan usage in another. They are highlighted with a note, not scored and not changed.
Why it matters
Why mainland Chinese matters
Buyers in mainland China read Simplified characters and mainland vocabulary every day. Copy with Traditional characters or Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao terms can read as written for another market.
- Search. Buyers search Baidu with mainland terms, for example 软件, not 软体. Regional words can miss the searches you want to rank for.
- Simplified characters alone are not enough. Machine-converted Taiwan copy uses Simplified characters but keeps Taiwan words.
- Check both. This tool flags characters and words, so you see both kinds of issue in one pass.
Regional differences
Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao: what differs
| Aspect | Mainland China | Taiwan | Hong Kong and Macao |
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| Characters | Simplified. Standard set by the 2013 Table of General Standard Chinese Characters. | Traditional. | Traditional, with some character forms that differ from Taiwan's. |
| Everyday writing | Standard written Chinese. | Standard written Chinese. | Formal writing uses standard written Chinese. Everyday writing can include Cantonese words. |
| Vocabulary | Many everyday and technical words differ. | ||
Example terms, mainland / Taiwan
- software软件 / 軟體
- network网络 / 網路
- server服务器 / 伺服器
- video视频 / 影片
- project项目 / 專案
- data数据 / 資料
Hong Kong and Macao vocabulary is partly closer to the mainland's in technology terms (for example, both Hong Kong and the mainland write 软件), so Hong Kong and Macao copy is flagged mainly for Traditional characters and a smaller set of words.
Our sources
Where the word lists come from
There is no single official database of mainland word usage. That is why this tool combines these sources and asks you to have a mainland reviewer confirm changes before publishing.
Built by dminorstudio, a B2B marketing studio for US and European companies entering China, with 25 years in Taiwan and 9 years in mainland China. The glossary has 76 terms, last reviewed .
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通用规范汉字表 (Table of General Standard Chinese Characters)
Issued by the State Council of the PRC in 2013 (国发〔2013〕23号), with 8,105 characters. It is the official standard for characters in general use.
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OpenCC
The open-source Chinese conversion project (Apache-2.0). Its character table and its Taiwan and Hong Kong phrase lists power the checks. No open Macao word list exists, so Hong Kong usage is used as the closest match for Macao.
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dminorstudio B2B glossary
Terms reviewed by dminorstudio for industrial, technology and marketing copy. It takes priority over OpenCC when they differ. The 两岸常用词典 (cross-strait dictionary, 2012) is the reference used for manual checks of glossary terms.
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