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However, it’s not always easy to figure out the right combination of written and spoken Chinese to use.</p><p id="66db" class="pw-post-body-paragraph my mz gy na b nb nc nd ne nf ng nh ni nj nk nl nm nn no np nq nr ns nt nu nv gn bk">In this article, we explain the types of Chinese used in various markets and share best practices for publishing in Chinese languages.</p><h1 id="041a" class="nw nx gy bf ny nz oa ob oc od oe of og oh oi oj ok ol om on oo op oq or os ot bk">Chinese languages in different regions</h1><p id="e58a" class="pw-post-body-paragraph my mz gy na b nb ou nd ne nf ov nh ni nj ow nl nm nn ox np nq nr oy nt nu nv gn bk">There are multiple spoken and written versions of Chinese. These versions of Chinese are used in different combinations in the countries and regions that use Chinese as their official language.</p><figure class="pc pd pe pf pg gs oz pa paragraph-image"><div role="button" tabindex="0" class="ph pi fj pj bh pk"><div class="oz pa pb"><picture><source srcSet="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:640/format:webp/1*3AAOShbyEoFU8V-vCKONrA.png 640w, https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:720/format:webp/1*3AAOShbyEoFU8V-vCKONrA.png 720w, https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:750/format:webp/1*3AAOShbyEoFU8V-vCKONrA.png 750w, https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:786/format:webp/1*3AAOShbyEoFU8V-vCKONrA.png 786w, https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:828/format:webp/1*3AAOShbyEoFU8V-vCKONrA.png 828w, https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:1100/format:webp/1*3AAOShbyEoFU8V-vCKONrA.png 1100w, https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:1400/format:webp/1*3AAOShbyEoFU8V-vCKONrA.png 1400w" sizes="(min-resolution: 4dppx) and (max-width: 700px) 50vw, (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 4) and (max-width: 700px) 50vw, (min-resolution: 3dppx) and (max-width: 700px) 67vw, (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 3) and (max-width: 700px) 65vw, (min-resolution: 2.5dppx) and (max-width: 700px) 80vw, (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2.5) and (max-width: 700px) 80vw, (min-resolution: 2dppx) and (max-width: 700px) 100vw, (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2) and (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" type="image/webp"/><source data-testid="og" srcSet="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:640/1*3AAOShbyEoFU8V-vCKONrA.png 640w, https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:720/1*3AAOShbyEoFU8V-vCKONrA.png 720w, https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:750/1*3AAOShbyEoFU8V-vCKONrA.png 750w, https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:786/1*3AAOShbyEoFU8V-vCKONrA.png 786w, https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:828/1*3AAOShbyEoFU8V-vCKONrA.png 828w, https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:1100/1*3AAOShbyEoFU8V-vCKONrA.png 1100w, https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:1400/1*3AAOShbyEoFU8V-vCKONrA.png 1400w" sizes="(min-resolution: 4dppx) and (max-width: 700px) 50vw, (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 4) and (max-width: 700px) 50vw, (min-resolution: 3dppx) and (max-width: 700px) 67vw, (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 3) and (max-width: 700px) 65vw, (min-resolution: 2.5dppx) and (max-width: 700px) 80vw, (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2.5) and (max-width: 700px) 80vw, (min-resolution: 2dppx) and (max-width: 700px) 100vw, (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2) and (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px"/><img alt="" class="bh gu gv c" width="700" height="264" loading="lazy" role="presentation"/></picture></div></div></figure><p id="efc7" class="pw-post-body-paragraph my mz gy na b nb nc nd ne nf ng nh ni nj nk nl nm nn no np nq nr ns nt nu nv gn bk">From Android 8.0, qualifiers for Traditional Chinese (zh-Hant) and Simplified Chinese (zh-Hans) are supported. Traditional Chinese locales (zh-HK, zh-TW, and zh-MO) have zh-Hant as fallback, and don’t fallback to zh.</p><h1 id="8277" class="nw nx gy bf ny nz oa ob oc od oe of og oh oi oj ok ol om on oo op oq or os ot bk">Using Traditional Chinese</h1><p id="c8d4" class="pw-post-body-paragraph my mz gy na b nb ou nd ne nf ov nh ni nj ow nl nm nn ox np nq nr oy nt nu nv gn bk">If you publish apps or games in Hong Kong (HK), Taiwan (TW), or Macau (MO), you should publish in Traditional Chinese.</p><p id="ab1a" class="pw-post-body-paragraph my mz gy na b nb nc nd ne nf ng nh ni nj nk nl nm nn no np nq nr ns nt nu nv gn bk">To set your app or game up to use Traditional Chinese, put your app or game resources into the res<em class="pl"> </em>folder with the qualifiers for zh-HK, zh-TW, zh-MO, and zh-Hant to cover all Android versions. Remember to include the r prefix for the regional qualifiers, for example, values-zh-rHK and drawable-zh-rHK.</p><p id="f3b3" class="pw-post-body-paragraph my mz gy na b nb nc nd ne nf ng nh ni nj nk nl nm nn no np nq nr ns nt nu nv gn bk">For Hong Kong and Macau, if you support older Android versions, include zh-TW as well.</p><h1 id="732f" class="nw nx gy bf ny nz oa ob oc od oe of og oh oi oj ok ol om on oo op oq or os ot bk">Using Simplified Chinese</h1><p id="abb0" class="pw-post-body-paragraph my mz gy na b nb ou nd ne nf ov nh ni nj ow nl nm nn ox np nq nr oy nt nu nv gn bk">There is a considerable population of Chinese speakers around the world. Below shows examples of setting up Simplified Chinese in Japan, the US and Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan.</p><p id="1ade" class="pw-post-body-paragraph my mz gy na b nb nc nd ne nf ng nh ni nj nk nl nm nn no np nq nr ns nt nu nv gn bk">To set your app or game up to use Simplified Chinese, put your app or game resources into the res<em class="pl"> </em>folder with <em class="pl">zh </em>as the qualifier. For example, values-zh and drawable-zh.</p><p id="072b" class="pw-post-body-paragraph my mz gy na b nb nc nd ne nf ng nh ni nj nk nl nm nn no np nq nr ns nt nu nv gn bk">When you’re publishing for overseas Chinese globally:</p><ul class=""><li id="9091" class="my mz gy na b nb nc nd ne nf ng nh ni nj nk nl nm nn no np nq nr ns nt nu nv pm pn po bk">in Japan with Japanese and Simplified Chinese, put files using zh and ja qualifiers in the res folder.</li><li id="17f2" class="my mz gy na b nb pp nd ne nf pq nh ni nj pr nl nm nn ps np nq nr pt nt nu nv pm pn po bk">in the US with English and Simplified Chinese , put files using zh and en qualifiers in the res folder.</li><li id="4bdd" class="my mz gy na b nb pp nd ne nf pq nh ni nj pr nl nm nn ps np nq nr pt nt nu nv pm pn po bk">in Hong Kong, Macao, or Taiwan with Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese, put files using zh, zh-HK, zh-TW, zh-MO, and zh-Hant qualifiers in the res folder, to cover all Android versions. Note that zh represents Simplified Chinese here.</li></ul><p id="793a" class="pw-post-body-paragraph my mz gy na b nb nc nd ne nf ng nh ni nj nk nl nm nn no np nq nr ns nt nu nv gn bk">Some words may have different translations across regions. For example, taxi is 出租车 in Mainland China, 計程車 in Taiwan and 的士 in Hong Kong. To best support your users, consider localizing your resources further. When you do, put the localized resources into the res<em class="pl"> </em>folder for that region, such as zh-CN and zh-HK.</p><h1 id="36d5" class="nw nx gy bf ny nz oa ob oc od oe of og oh oi oj ok ol om on oo op oq or os ot bk">Setting up Chinese in Play Console</h1><p id="2317" class="pw-post-body-paragraph my mz gy na b nb ou nd ne nf ov nh ni nj ow nl nm nn ox np nq nr oy nt nu nv gn bk">After getting the right version of the Chinese language in your app or game, you’ll want to have a Play Store page in the same languages. To do this, in Google Play Console, in the Main store listing page open <strong class="na gz">Manage translations</strong>. Now check <strong class="na gz">Chinese (Simplified) — zh-CN</strong>, <strong class="na gz">Chinese (Traditional) zh-TW</strong>, or <strong class="na gz">Chinese (Hong Kong)</strong> <strong class="na gz">zh-HK</strong> as appropriate. This creates pages to which you add your translated content. These pages then show in the Play Store based on the chosen language of the user’s device or browser.</p><p id="dbcf" class="pw-post-body-paragraph my mz gy na b nb nc nd ne nf ng nh ni nj nk nl nm nn no np nq nr ns nt nu nv gn bk">Even though Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan write in Traditional Chinese, they speak different languages. When you have resources, such as voice overs in videos, you’ll need to localize for these language variations.</p><figure class="pc pd pe pf pg gs oz pa paragraph-image"><div role="button" tabindex="0" class="ph pi fj pj bh pk"><div class="oz pa pu"><picture><source srcSet="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:640/format:webp/1*DkGR5LR7ebn5Li_Ou1-OqA.png 640w, https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:720/format:webp/1*DkGR5LR7ebn5Li_Ou1-OqA.png 720w, https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:750/format:webp/1*DkGR5LR7ebn5Li_Ou1-OqA.png 750w, https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:786/format:webp/1*DkGR5LR7ebn5Li_Ou1-OqA.png 786w, https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:828/format:webp/1*DkGR5LR7ebn5Li_Ou1-OqA.png 828w, https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:1100/format:webp/1*DkGR5LR7ebn5Li_Ou1-OqA.png 1100w, https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:1400/format:webp/1*DkGR5LR7ebn5Li_Ou1-OqA.png 1400w" sizes="(min-resolution: 4dppx) and (max-width: 700px) 50vw, (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 4) 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