English → Chinese Translator
Translate English to Chinese free — paste your text and get the translation in seconds. Processed, never stored.
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Common English to Chinese phrases
| Hello | 你好 |
| Thank you | 谢谢 |
| How are you? | 你好吗？ |
| Excuse me | 打扰一下 |
| How much is this? | 这个多少钱？ |
| Where is the restroom? | 洗手间在哪里？ |
| I don’t understand | 我不明白 |
Translating English to Chinese: what to know
No Verb Conjugation or Tenses
Chinese verbs do not conjugate for tense, person, or number. Time is expressed through context and time words like 了 (le), 过 (guo), 在 (zai), or 会 (hui), plus adverbs like yesterday or tomorrow. English past/present/future must be conveyed through these particles and context rather than verb forms. The aspect markers indicate completion, experience, or ongoing action, not strict tense.
Measure Words Are Mandatory
Chinese requires specific measure words (classifiers) between numbers or demonstratives and nouns. English 'three books' becomes 三本书 (sān běn shū), where 本 is the measure word for bound items. Each noun category has appropriate classifiers: 个 (gè) for general items, 只 (zhī) for animals, 张 (zhāng) for flat objects. Omitting measure words or using wrong ones sounds unnatural and grammatically incorrect to native speakers.
Topic-Prominent Word Order Differs
Chinese follows topic-comment structure rather than strict subject-verb-object. The topic (what the sentence is about) comes first, followed by comments about it. Time expressions typically appear before the verb, unlike English. Modifiers always precede what they modify: adjectives before nouns, adverbs before verbs. English relative clauses become pre-nominal modifiers. This fundamental difference requires restructuring sentences, not word-for-word translation.
Simplified Output, Names and Register — Review Before Sending
The output here is Simplified Chinese (简体) as used in mainland China and Singapore — if your reader is in Taiwan or Hong Kong, where Traditional characters (繁體) are standard, this tool does not convert between the two scripts, so check what your recipient expects. Western names are sometimes transliterated into characters and sometimes left in Latin letters; for business mail, verify how the person writes their own name (陈女士 vs Ms. Chen). Chinese also marks politeness with word choice — 您 versus 你 for 'you' — and an English sentence gives the machine no signal about your relationship to the reader, so review the form of address in formal messages.
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Common tasks — English to Chinese
How do I translate English to Chinese?
Paste or type your English text in the editor, and the Chinese translation appears on the right when you press the button. Free, no signup — your text is processed, never stored.
Can I translate Chinese back to English?
Yes — use the swap button between the language selectors to reverse the direction instantly, keeping your text in place.
Is my text stored anywhere?
No. Text is sent to the AI model, translated, and returned — processed, never stored. No copies, no content logs, no training use.
How accurate is the translation?
Modern AI translation is strong for everyday and business text between the 44 supported languages. For legal, medical, or safety-critical content, have a professional review the result.
Which languages are supported?
44 languages, in any direction — pick source and target above the editor. Popular pairs also have their own pages, like English to Spanish.
What does the confidence band under the translation mean?
After each translation, a second AI check compares the original and the translation and shows a confidence band: High confidence, Review changes, or Meaning may have changed. It's a model estimate, not a guarantee — whatever the band says, double-check names, numbers and negations in the translation. The raw judge score appears as secondary detail in the “Why?” explanation, labeled as an estimate. The check processes your text and immediately discards it; only the score is kept.