# Simplified to Traditional Chinese Converter - Taiwan & Hong Kong Variants

> Free online Chinese converter powered by OpenCC: Simplified ↔ Traditional for Taiwan, Hong Kong or OpenCC standard, with optional Taiwan vocabulary.

- URL: https://qilingtools.com/en/zh-convert
- Category: Productivity (https://qilingtools.com/en/office)
- Tags: [Text](https://qilingtools.com/en/tags/text), [Chinese](https://qilingtools.com/en/tags/chinese), [Converters](https://qilingtools.com/en/tags/convert), [Productivity](https://qilingtools.com/en/tags/office)
- Last updated: 2026-10-26
- Price: Free, no sign-up
- Privacy: Runs locally in the browser; files are never uploaded

Paste Chinese text to switch between Simplified and Traditional characters in real time. The converter uses the open-source OpenCC dictionaries and works word by word, so it handles the many cases where one simplified character maps to several traditional ones: 头发 → 頭髮 (hair) but 发展 → 發展 (develop), 面条 → 麵條 (noodles), 后来 → 後來 (later). Choose Taiwan, Hong Kong or OpenCC-standard character forms; the Taiwan + vocabulary option also swaps mainland terms for the words used in Taiwan, such as 软件 → 軟體 (software), 鼠标 → 滑鼠 (mouse), 打印机 → 印表機 (printer) and 信息 → 資訊 (information), and the reverse direction restores them. Every changed character is highlighted, with the original shown on hover, and the result can be copied, downloaded as TXT or converted back.

## How to use

1. Choose the direction (Simplified → Traditional or back) and the Traditional standard
2. Type or paste the text to convert
3. Review the highlighted changes, then copy the result or download a TXT file

## Features

- Simplified to Traditional and Traditional to Simplified
- Taiwan, Hong Kong and OpenCC standard character forms
- Optional Taiwan vocabulary conversion (软件 ↔ 軟體, 鼠标 ↔ 滑鼠)
- Word-level conversion for one-to-many characters
- Highlighted changes with the original on hover
- Copy, download TXT or convert the result back
- OpenCC runs locally in your browser — nothing uploaded

## FAQ

### What is the difference between Taiwan and Hong Kong Traditional Chinese?

Both use Traditional characters, but some preferred forms differ: 里 is usually 裡 in Taiwan and 裏 in Hong Kong, and the 面 in noodles is 麵 in Taiwan but often 麪 in Hong Kong. Pick the variant that matches your readers; OpenCC standard uses generic forms without regional adjustments.

### What does the Taiwan vocabulary option change?

On top of the character forms it replaces mainland Chinese terms with the words used in Taiwan, for example 软件 → 軟體 (software), 鼠标 → 滑鼠 (mouse), 打印机 → 印表機 (printer), 信息 → 資訊 (information) and 出租车 → 計程車 (taxi). Converting back to Simplified with the same option restores the mainland terms. Choose plain Taiwan if you only want character forms changed.

### Why is a character sometimes converted wrongly?

Simplified and Traditional Chinese do not map one to one — 发 can be 發 or 髮, and 干 can be 乾, 幹 or 干. The dictionaries choose by context and are right in the vast majority of cases, but names, classical texts and new words can still trip them up, so check the highlighted changes.

### Is my text uploaded? Is there a length limit?

No. The conversion dictionary is downloaded to your browser and all conversion happens locally. The tool is free, needs no account and has no length limit — even long documents convert in a moment.

## Related tools

- [QiLing Mind](https://qilingtools.com/en/mindmap): QiLing Mind is a free online mind map editor: add nodes with Tab/Enter, drag to restructure, import and export XMind and Markdown, export PNG/SVG/PDF.
- [Password Generator](https://qilingtools.com/en/password): Free online random password generator: choose length, character sets and look-alike exclusions, generate several at once with a strength meter, all locally.
- [QR Code Generator](https://qilingtools.com/en/qrcode): Free online QR code generator: turn URLs, text, Wi-Fi or contact cards into QR codes with custom size, colour and error correction. Crisp PNG or vector SVG.
- [Word Counter](https://qilingtools.com/en/word-count): Free online word counter: live counts of characters with and without spaces, words, CJK characters, lines, paragraphs, sentences, bytes and reading time.
- [Case Converter](https://qilingtools.com/en/case-convert): Free online case and naming converter: get UPPERCASE, lowercase, Title Case, camelCase, PascalCase, snake_case, kebab-case and CONSTANT_CASE at once.
- [Lorem Ipsum Generator](https://qilingtools.com/en/lorem): Free online Lorem Ipsum generator: classic Latin placeholder text or Chinese filler by paragraph, sentence or word, with one-click copy for mockups.
- [Sort & Dedupe Text](https://qilingtools.com/en/text-sort): Free online text tool: sort lines alphabetically or by length, remove duplicate and empty lines, trim whitespace, optionally ignoring case. Runs locally.
- [Sign & Stamp PDF](https://qilingtools.com/en/pdf/sign): Free online PDF signing tool: drop in a handwritten signature or company stamp, drag it into place on a page preview, adjust size and opacity, then export.