Transcribe Chinese audio with WhisperAI
WhisperAI transcribes Chinese (中文) audio for the Mandarin alone has around 920 million native speakers, making it the world's most-spoken first language who use the language across Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Malaysia, and Chinese-speaking communities worldwide. Built on OpenAI Whisper and tuned for the realities of Chinese speech, the service produces publication-grade transcripts in Simplified Chinese (mainland, Singapore) or Traditional Chinese (Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau).
How Chinese speakers actually use WhisperAI
- Mainland tech-firm product reviewsBeijing and Shenzhen product teams transcribe long internal review calls in Mandarin; Simplified character output integrates directly into Feishu or DingTalk knowledge bases.
- Taiwan semiconductor design discussionsTSMC-ecosystem firms transcribe Mandarin engineering meetings with Traditional character output and accurate handling of code-switched English technical terms.
- Traditional-character media captioningMandarin radio, YouTube and broadcast content is transcribed for captioning and search with Traditional-character output for Taiwan and Hong Kong audiences.
- Bilingual Chinese-English business callsCross-border calls switch fluidly between Mandarin and English; the transcript preserves both with the correct script.
Mandarin vs Cantonese vs Hokkien is not the same problem as British vs American
The languages bundled under "Chinese" are not mutually intelligible — Mandarin and Cantonese share a writing system but are separate spoken languages. WhisperAI transcribes Mandarin (Putonghua) audio, outputs it in Simplified or Traditional characters, and handles tonal contrasts that defeat consumer ASR. Cantonese, Hokkien and other spoken variants are not yet supported for transcription.
Mandarin (mainland and Taiwanese Putonghua) is supported, with Simplified or Traditional script chosen automatically based on speaker context. Other spoken variants such as Cantonese, Shanghainese and Hokkien are not yet supported.
Who actually needs Chinese transcription
Chinese transcription demand is huge across mainland tech firms, Taiwan SaaS and semiconductor companies, Hong Kong finance, and Singapore-Malaysia bilingual media. The Simplified vs Traditional choice matters for publication and is preserved correctly.
Dialects and varieties handled
- Mandarin / Putonghua
- Cantonese (Yue)
- Shanghainese (Wu)
- Hokkien / Min Nan
- Hakka
- Sichuanese
How to transcribe Chinese audio
Upload your Chinese recording
Drop in MP3, WAV, M4A, MP4 or similar — files up to 5GB. Long-form Chinese interviews, lectures and meetings work without splitting.
Whisper transcribes the audio
The model recognises Chinese speech across the dialects above and outputs Simplified Chinese (mainland, Singapore) or Traditional Chinese (Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau). Code-switched English and other languages in the same recording are handled inline.
Edit, label and export
Open the transcript in the editor, fix any names or terms, label speakers, and export to PDF, DOCX, TXT or SRT. Optional AI summary surfaces the key points and decisions.
What Chinese transcripts include
Native Simplified Chinese (mainland, Singapore) or Traditional Chinese (Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau)
Output in Simplified Chinese (mainland, Singapore) or Traditional Chinese (Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau) with all diacritics, tone marks, special characters and script-specific conventions preserved — never transliteration.
Speaker labels
Diarisation that separates and labels speakers in Chinese interviews, panels and multi-party meetings.
Timestamps and SRT
Word-level timestamps and SRT subtitle export for Chinese video captioning, with proper line-breaking for the script.
Editor and exports
In-browser editor with PDF, DOCX, TXT and SRT exports. Edit the transcript without leaving the browser, then download the format your downstream workflow expects.
Transcription guides and best practices
Transcribe in 100+ languages
WhisperAI supports Chinese alongside over 100 other languages with the same accuracy and editor experience.
Other widely-used pages: English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Russian, Hindi, Italian, and 80+ more languages including Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Greek, Malay, Filipino and beyond.
See every supported language, with transcription, realtime and translation coverage.
Start transcribing Chinese today
Sign up free, drop in your first Chinese file, and have a usable transcript in minutes.