Complete Chinese (Traditional) translation table for care instructions, washing labels, and textile symbols. Copy-ready translations for your Shopify product labels.
TL;DR: Need to translate washing labels and care instructions to Chinese (Traditional) for your Shopify store?
Here’s a complete translation table plus tips for the Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau market.
If you sell clothing, textiles, or any products with care labels to Chinese (Traditional)-speaking customers, you need translated washing instructions. Customers expect to see care information in their language – and in many markets, it’s legally required.
Here’s every standard washing label instruction translated to Chinese (Traditional) (繁體中文). Copy these directly or use them as reference:
| English | Chinese (Traditional) |
|---|---|
| Machine wash cold | 冷水機洗 |
| Machine wash warm | 溫水機洗 |
| Hand wash only | 僅限手洗 |
| Do not wash | 不可水洗 |
| English | Chinese (Traditional) |
|---|---|
| Do not bleach | 不可漂白 |
| Bleach when needed | 必要時可漂白 |
| English | Chinese (Traditional) |
|---|---|
| Tumble dry low | 低溫烘乾 |
| Tumble dry medium | 中溫烘乾 |
| Do not tumble dry | 不可烘乾 |
| Dry flat | 平鋪晾乾 |
| Hang to dry | 懸掛晾乾 |
| English | Chinese (Traditional) |
|---|---|
| Iron low heat | 低溫熨燙 |
| Iron medium heat | 中溫熨燙 |
| Iron high heat | 高溫熨燙 |
| Do not iron | 不可熨燙 |
| English | Chinese (Traditional) |
|---|---|
| Dry clean only | 僅限乾洗 |
| Do not dry clean | 不可乾洗 |
Taiwan’s e-commerce market exceeds $40 billion. Hong Kong serves as a gateway for luxury goods with high purchasing power.
Properly translated care labels signal that you take the Chinese (Traditional)-speaking market seriously. It builds trust and reduces returns from customers who couldn’t understand washing instructions.
Traditional Chinese uses more complex characters than Simplified. Taiwan and Hong Kong have slightly different vocabulary preferences.
When translating product images for your Shopify store, keep these language-specific requirements in mind. Your translations need to display correctly on the actual product labels.
You have several options to display translated care instructions:
For stores with many products, manually translating each care label is time-consuming. Our bulk translation features let you translate all product images and labels to Chinese (Traditional) in minutes instead of hours.
Care labels are just one type of product label that needs translation. Consider also translating:
Now you have all the Chinese (Traditional) care instruction translations you need. For a complete solution that handles all your product image translations automatically: