Definition
繁体 refers to Traditional Chinese characters (繁体字), the standard character set used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, and many overseas Chinese communities, as opposed to the Simplified characters (简体字) used in mainland China. It's a noun that often appears in compounds like 繁体字 (fántǐzì, 'traditional characters') or in contrast with 简体 (jiǎntǐ, 'simplified form').
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Traditional Chinese characters (as opposed to simplified)
Examples
- 繁体。Zhè běn shū shì yòng fán tǐ xiě de.This book is written in traditional characters.
- ，繁体。Zài Táiwān, rénmen shǐyòng fán tǐ.In Taiwan, people use traditional characters.
- 繁体？Nǐ néng bǎ jiǎntǐzì zhuǎn chéng fán tǐ ma?Can you convert simplified characters to traditional ones?
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