Spanish to Chinese Translator
Free Spanish to Chinese translation, plus the Chinese grammar that trips up English speakers.
What changes when you translate Spanish to Chinese
Translating Spanish into Chinese changes more than the words. Mandarin Chinese is tonal, has no verb conjugation, plurals, or articles, and uses measure words between numbers and nouns; meaning depends heavily on context. Chinese has no tense endings, plurals, or articles, so time and number must be inferred from context, and measure words have to be inserted correctly. A word-for-word tool gets the vocabulary right and these things wrong, which is why the translator above reads the whole sentence before it writes anything.
Spanish and Chinese: key differences
Spanish and Chinese diverge on the writing system, grammatical gender, subject pronouns, and articles. Each row below is a place where swapping words one for one produces the wrong Chinese sentence.
| Feature | Spanish | Chinese |
|---|---|---|
| Writing system | the Latin alphabet | Han characters (Simplified in mainland China, Traditional in Taiwan and Hong Kong) |
| Grammatical gender | two genders (masculine, feminine) | no grammatical gender |
| Subject pronouns | usually dropped | dropped when context is clear |
| Articles | definite and indefinite, marked for gender and number | no articles; classifiers do related work |
Common Spanish to Chinese phrases
Everyday expressions translated from Spanish to Chinese:
| Spanish (Español) | Chinese (中文) |
|---|---|
| Hola | 你好 (nǐ hǎo) |
| Buenas noches | 晚安 (wǎn'ān) |
| Gracias | 谢谢 (xièxie) |
| Por favor | 请 (qǐng) |
| ¿Cómo estás? | 你好吗？(nǐ hǎo ma?) |
| ¿Cómo te llamas? | 你叫什么名字？(nǐ jiào shénme míngzi?) |
| Te quiero | 我爱你 (wǒ ài nǐ) |
| Disculpe | 不好意思 (bù hǎoyìsi) |
| ¿Dónde está el baño? | 洗手间在哪里？(xǐshǒujiān zài nǎlǐ?) |
| Adiós | 再见 (zàijiàn) |
About the Chinese language
Chinese (中文) is spoken by about 1.1 billion people across mainland China, Taiwan, Singapore, and Chinese communities worldwide. It belongs to the Sino-Tibetan language family and is written in Han characters (Simplified in mainland China, Traditional in Taiwan and Hong Kong).
- Native name
- 中文
- Speakers
- 1.1 billion
- Language family
- Sino-Tibetan
- Writing system
- Han characters (Simplified in mainland China, Traditional in Taiwan and Hong Kong)
- Word order
- subject–verb–object
Spanish to Chinese translation tips
- Spanish is written in the Latin alphabet, and Chinese uses Han characters (Simplified in mainland China, Traditional in Taiwan and Hong Kong), so the translator converts between writing systems for you.
Spanish to Chinese translation FAQ
How accurate is AI Spanish to Chinese translation?
The translator uses a modern AI language model that understands context, so Spanish to Chinese results read more naturally than word-for-word tools. For legal, medical, or other high-stakes text, have a fluent speaker review the output.
How do you say hello in Chinese?
Hello in Chinese is 你好 (nǐ hǎo). The common-phrases table on this page lists more everyday Chinese expressions, such as 谢谢 (xièxie) (thank you) and 再见 (zàijiàn) (goodbye).