chinese-copywriting-guidelines
A style guide for spacing and punctuation in Chinese text mixed with English and numbers.
- Stars
- 15.8k
- Forks
- 1.8k
- Licence
- MIT
- Language
- —
- Last update
- 25 days ago
- Type
- Curated list
What it is
This is a written style guide for Chinese copywriting. It sets out rules such as adding spaces between Chinese and English words, using full-width punctuation in Chinese sentences, and avoiding repeated punctuation marks, with right and wrong examples for each. It also lists related tools and sites that follow these conventions, so teams can keep their writing consistent.
- Check a draft for missing spaces between Chinese and English words or numbers
- Agree on punctuation rules with a team before writing a product page
- Pick a linked tool, such as pangu.js or autocorrect, to apply spacing automatically to text or code
Great for
- Chinese-language writers and editors who mix Chinese with English terms or numbers
- Teams that want one shared house style for product copy and websites
- Translators and localization teams working on Chinese (Traditional or Simplified) content
- Students learning typesetting conventions for Chinese text
Not ideal for
- People who need a fully automated checker; the README describes rules, and the separate tools it links to are what do the automatic conversion
- Readers who need English-only writing rules, since the content is written for Chinese text
How to get it
- 1
Read it online
Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/sparanoid/chinese-copywriting-guidelines.git - 2
Run it
- Open the README in the repository or the linked site.
- Read the spacing and punctuation sections that match your writing.
- Adopt the rules as a team style reference, or pick a linked tool to apply them.
- 3
Get the most out of it
- Read the exceptions sections, which cover product names, degree and percent signs, and full-width numbers in design work
- Compare the Traditional and Simplified versions if your audience uses both
- Use the linked tools list (pangu and autocorrect families) if you want automated checks
Downloads
Strengths
- Clear right-and-wrong examples for each rule
- Available in Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, and English versions
- Notes where rules are optional or differ by region
Trade-offs
- Not software, so it does not fix text by itself
- Some sections note that practice varies, so teams still need to decide on a house style
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Stats synced from GitHub. The assessment above was drafted with AI from the project's README on 2026-10-29 and may miss recent changes — check the README before relying on a command. MIT licence: free to use, modify and distribute, including commercially, as long as you keep the copyright notice.