Simplified Chinese

English

Chinese written using the forms of Chinese characters introduced by the People's Republic of China as script reform. The characters are simplified (with a reduced number of strokes, etc.) compared to their pre-reform shapes.

Chinese written using simplified characters

Arabic: حُرُوف صِينِيَّة مُبَسَّطَة m pl (ḥurūf ṣīniyya mubassaṭa)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 簡體中文 / 简体中文 (zh) (jiǎntǐ zhōngwén)
Danish: forenklet kinesisk (da) n, simplificeret kinesisk (da) n
Dutch: vereenvoudigd Chinees (nl) n
Finnish: yksinkertaistettu kiina
French: chinois simplifié (fr) m
Galician: chinés simplificado m
German: vereinfachtes Chinesisch n
Greek: τα απλουστευμένα κινέζικα (ta aploustevména kinézika)
Hebrew: סינית מפושטת
Hindi: सरलीकृत चीनी (hi) (sarlīkŕt cīnī)
Hungarian: egyszerűsített kínai (hu)
Irish: Sínis shimplithe f
Italian: cinese semplificato (it) m
Japanese: 簡体字中国語 (Kantaiji Chūgokugo)
Latin: lingua sinica simplificata f
Malay: Tulisan Cina Ringkas (ms)
Marathi: सरलीकृत चिनी f (sarlīkrut cinī)
Mongolian: хялбаржуулсан хятад хэл (xjalbaržuulsan xjatad xel)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: forenklet kinesisk m, forenkla kinesisk m

Nynorsk: forenkla kinesisk m
Persian: چینی ساده‌شده (čini-ye sâde-šode)
Polish: uproszczone pismo chińskie n
Portuguese: chinês simplificado (pt) m
Russian: упрощённый кита́йский m (uproščónnyj kitájskij)
Spanish: chino simplificado m
Swedish: förenklad kinesiska c
Turkish: Basitleştirilmiş Çince
Vietnamese: Chữ Hán giản thể

simplified character(s)

Chinese:
Cantonese: 簡體字 / 简体字 (gaan² tai² zi⁶), 簡化字 / 简化字 (gaan² faa³ zi⁶)

Hokkien: 簡體字 / 简体字 (zh-min-nan) (kán-thé-jī), 簡化字 / 简化字 (kán-hòa-jī)

Mandarin: 簡體字 / 简体字 (zh) (jiǎntǐzì), 簡化字 / 简化字 (zh) (jiǎnhuàzì), 簡字 / 简字 (zh) (jiǎnzì)
Finnish: yksinkertaistetut kiinalaiset kirjoitusmerkit
French: caractère simplifié (fr) m, caractère chinois simplifié m, sinogramme simplifié m
Galician: caracteres simplificados m pl
German: Kurzzeichen n
Irish: carachtar simplithe m
Japanese: 簡体字 (ja) (かんたいじ, kantaiji), 簡化字 (ja) (かんかじ, kankaji)
Korean: 간체자(簡體字) (gancheja), 간화자(簡化字) (ganhwaja)
Polish: znak uproszczonego pisma chińskiego m
Russian: упрощённый иеро́глиф m (uproščónnyj ijeróglif), цзяньти́цзы m (czjanʹtíczy)
Vietnamese: giản thể tự (簡體字), trung văn giản thể, giản hóa từ (簡化字)