Chinese (Traditional) (zh-Hant)

Complete reference for the zh-Hant locale — live Intl API output, CLDR plural rules, and framework config snippets.

Locale reference

Locale metadata

BCP 47 codezh-Hant

Native name中文（繁體）

English nameChinese (Traditional)

Languagezh

RegionNone (base locale)

ScriptHant

Text directionLeft-to-right (LTR)

CLDR plural categoriesother

Estimated speakers~30,000,000

Intl API Live Output

DateTimeFormat

Short2026/9/17

Medium2026年9月17日

Long2026年9月17日

Full2026年9月17日星期四

NumberFormat

Decimal1,234,567.89

Currency (USD)US$9.99

Percent75%

Compact120萬

RelativeTimeFormat

3 天前

Output for: -3 days ago

ListFormat

apples、oranges和bananas

Conjunction list: apples, oranges, bananas

CLDR Plural Rules

Categories supported by zh-Hant: other

otherExample number: 100

→ other

Framework Config Snippets

next-intl

// next-intl configuration
// next.config.ts
import createNextIntlPlugin from 'next-intl/plugin';
const withNextIntl = createNextIntlPlugin();
export default withNextIntl({});

// i18n/routing.ts
import { defineRouting } from 'next-intl/routing';
export const routing = defineRouting({
  locales: ['zh-Hant', 'en'],
  defaultLocale: 'en',
});

react-intl

// react-intl configuration
import { IntlProvider } from 'react-intl';
import messages from './messages/zh-Hant.json';

function App() {
  return (
    <IntlProvider locale="zh-Hant" messages={messages}>
      {/* your app */}
    </IntlProvider>
  );
}

i18next

// i18next configuration
import i18n from 'i18next';
import { initReactI18next } from 'react-i18next';

i18n
  .use(initReactI18next)
  .init({
    lng: 'zh-Hant',
    fallbackLng: 'en',
    resources: {
      'zh-Hant': {
        translation: require('./locales/zh-Hant/translation.json'),
      },
    },
  });

export default i18n;