Captions in Mandarin Chinese
Mandarin Chinese captions, beautifully done.
Simplified Chinese captions with AI-powered accuracy. The cloud AI handles tonal speech and character output natively.
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A style for your story
Curated fonts, color, and motion
From spoken words to styled captions
How to add Mandarin Chinese captions
01 / Upload
Start with your video
Open the editor and upload the video you want to caption. Choose Mandarin Chinese for transcription.
02 / Make it yours
Review and choose a style
Review the generated words, correct the details, and choose a caption style that fits your story.
03 / Share
Export your captioned video
Preview the timing and placement, then export your video with the captions included.
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Mandarin Chinese
中文
For Douyin, Bilibili, YouTube
Transcription and timing
The small model is recommended for Mandarin. It handles tonal distinctions and character selection well. Simplified Chinese is the default output.
Getting the script right
The cloud AI outputs Simplified Chinese characters by default. Traditional Chinese may appear for some Taiwanese content.
Beautiful by default
The right words. A look that's yours.
Keep it clean
Let the words do the talking.
Make a statement
Bold type for your biggest moments.
Give words presence
Emphasis that brings your story to life.
Style examples shown in English. Choose a font that supports your video's language.
Mandarin Captions for the Largest Language Community
Mandarin Chinese is the most spoken language in the world by native speakers, with over 900 million people using it as their primary language. The Chinese internet ecosystem is massive, with platforms like Douyin, Bilibili, and Xiaohongshu hosting billions of video views daily. Even on international platforms like YouTube, Mandarin-language content has a substantial and growing audience among Chinese diaspora communities worldwide. Adding Mandarin captions to your videos is critical for engagement in Chinese-speaking markets. Chinese viewers are accustomed to on-screen text, it is a standard element of Chinese video production, from streaming shows to short-form content. Captions compensate for the tonal nature of Mandarin, where a word's meaning changes based on tone, by providing the written characters that remove any ambiguity. For international creators targeting Chinese audiences, or for heritage speakers creating content, accurate Mandarin captions signal professionalism and cultural fluency.
Character Output and Tonal Speech in the Cloud AI
Cloud AI outputs Simplified Chinese characters by default, which is the standard writing system used in mainland China, Singapore, and Malaysia. For some Taiwanese content, Traditional Chinese characters may appear in the output. It handles Mandarin's four tones implicitly, needing no tone markers because it outputs characters directly. This means homophones are resolved by context, producing the correct character for each spoken word. Character selection accuracy is generally high. After transcription, the visual editor lets you correct any character selection errors, which are most likely to occur with uncommon words or technical terminology. Mandarin works beautifully with the flash caption category, where text appears as a complete phrase. Chinese characters pack significant meaning into each character, so short phrases carry a lot of information, and the flash reveal style gives viewers a clean reading experience without per-character animation that can disrupt the visual flow of Chinese text.
Does the cloud AI output Simplified or Traditional Chinese?
The cloud AI outputs Simplified Chinese by default, which is standard for mainland China. Some Taiwanese audio content may produce Traditional Chinese characters. You can edit the output in the visual editor to convert between Simplified and Traditional as needed for your target audience.
How does the cloud AI handle Mandarin tones?
The cloud AI resolves tones implicitly by outputting the correct Chinese character based on context. Since the output is characters rather than pinyin, tonal distinctions are captured in the character selection. Homophones are disambiguated from surrounding words for accurate character choices.
Can I caption Cantonese content?
The cloud AI has some Cantonese support but it is less accurate than Mandarin. Cantonese audio may produce Mandarin-influenced character choices. For best results with Cantonese, expect to make more corrections in the editor compared to Mandarin content.
Which animation effect works best with Chinese characters?
The flash category works excellently with Chinese because characters are information-dense and best read as complete phrases. Karaoke highlighting is also effective, illuminating each character group as it is spoken. Avoid typewriter for Chinese as character-by-character reveal can feel unnatural.
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