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Chinese to Korean live translation, as fast as you can speak
Free to try as a guest โ no card, no install. Log in to unlock up to 10 live sessions on the free plan.
ไฝ ๅฅฝ
์๋ ํ์ธ์
่ฟไธชๅคๅฐ้ฑ๏ผ
์ด๊ฑฐ ์ผ๋ง์์?
โฆๅจๅช้๏ผ
โฆ์ด๋์ ์์ด์?
A skincare shop in Myeongdong, a taxi rank at Jeju airport, a clinic reception desk in Gangnam, a booth at a Seoul trade fair: each of these moves faster than a phrasebook allows. Mingle takes the Mandarin you speak and turns it into Korean captions and optional spoken output as you talk, so the shop assistant, driver or buyer hears complete Korean sentences. A session runs in one direction only, from Chinese into Korean. When the other person answers, use the swap in the session menu: the session ends, the captions clear, a new Korean-to-Chinese session opens, and one more tap on the mic gets it listening.
- Private & Secure
- Works Anywhere
- No App Required
Real-time Translation
Instant captions as you speak.
Natural Voice Output
Hear Korean naturally with read-aloud.
Private & Secure
Encrypted in transit, and we never sell your data.
Works Anywhere
Runs in your browser โ no app required.
Perfect for real conversations
There is one honest limitation to know about before you go. Korean is written in Hangul, a phonetic alphabet of 24 basic letters that most Chinese readers have never studied, and Hangul does not look like Chinese characters at all. The Korean captions on your own screen are therefore for the person facing you, not for you. What helps is read-aloud, which speaks the Korean through the phone speaker so the other person hears it as well as reads it, and the swap, which gives you their reply as Chinese text you can read at your own pace.
The Myeongdong skincare counter
You ask in Mandarin which cream suits dry skin, whether there is a travel size, and what the total comes to. The shop assistant hears Korean and reads Hangul captions on your phone. When she answers, swap the languages from the session menu and tap the mic: her Korean turns into Chinese captions you can read, and with read-aloud on you can hear it in your earbuds as well.
The Jeju taxi from the airport
You say the hotel name and ask how long the ride will take. The driver hears it in Korean without you pointing at a booking screen. Taxi talk is quick and clipped, so keep each sentence short, and swap before the driver's reply so that the fare and the route come back to you as Chinese text.
The Seoul trade-fair booth
A buyer walks up and asks about minimum order quantity and lead time. You answer in Mandarin and your answer arrives in Korean. When the buyer counters with a price per unit, swap directions so the figure appears in Chinese on your screen before you agree to anything.
Native Script Captions
Korean captions render in ํ๊ตญ์ด, not a romanized guess.
Conversational Speed
Keeps up with natural real-world dialogue.
Read-Aloud Support
Hear Korean naturally when you need to.
Phrasebook
Handy Phrases
Common ChineseโKorean phrases, ready to hear out loud.
| Listen | Korean | Chinese |
|---|---|---|
| ์๋ ํ์ธ์annyeonghaseyo | ไฝ ๅฅฝ | |
| ์ด๊ฑฐ ์ผ๋ง์์?igeo eolmayeyo | ่ฟไธชๅคๅฐ้ฑ๏ผ | |
| โฆ์ด๋์ ์์ด์?โฆ eodie isseoyo | โฆๅจๅช้๏ผ | |
| ์ ๋ง ๊ฐ์ฌํฉ๋๋คjeongmal gamsahamnida | ้ๅธธๆ่ฐข | |
| ํ๋hana | ไธ | |
| ๋dul | ไบ | |
| ์ set | ไธ | |
| ์ฒ์ฒํ ๋ค์ ๋ง์ํด ์ฃผ์๊ฒ ์ด์?cheoncheonhi dasi malsseumhae jusigesseoyo | ่ฝ่ฏทไฝ ๆ ขไธ็นๅ่ฏดไธ้ๅ๏ผ |
Start in three steps
- 01
Pick two languages
Languages are already set to Chinese โ Korean โ swap them anytime.
- 02
Tap the mic and allow access
One browser permission. No account required to start.
- 03
Just talk
Words appear as live captions and โ with Read Aloud on โ are spoken into your earbuds as natural voice, while your phone faces the other person. Talking both ways? Share the session to their phone.
The earbud moment: they talk to your phone, you hear your language
Set your phone on the table facing them and turn on Read aloud. Their voice goes into your phoneโs mic; the translation plays quietly in your earbuds. Private, hands-free, no shouting into a gadget.
Any wired or Bluetooth earbuds your phone uses should work, because read-aloud plays through the phoneโs normal audio output. If your phone switches to the earbudsโ microphone, choose the built-in mic under Devices so it hears them, not you.
Want them to hear you too? Tap Share session and show them the QR code: they join on their own phone in their own language, so each of you reads and hears the other without passing anything back and forth. On one phone, swap the languages from the session menu to reply instead.
What makes Korean different
Mandarin and Korean are unrelated in grammar. Chinese puts the verb in the middle of the sentence; Korean puts it last, after the object, and attaches small particles to nouns to mark who does what. Korean also builds respect into every verb ending. The polite ํด์์ฒด and the more formal ํฉ์ผ์ฒด are the two levels you will meet most often from shop staff, clinic receptionists and business partners, and Mandarin gives you no habit of choosing one, because Chinese verbs do not change for politeness. Mingle chooses the rendering for you, so the Korean may sound more or less formal than your Chinese. When tone matters, such as a complaint, a refund or a price discussion, keep your sentences short and plain, and read the Chinese reply after a swap to see how it landed.
Chinese speakers get a head start on vocabulary, but also a trap. A large share of Korean words are of Chinese origin, such as ํ๊ต (school) and ์ ํ (telephone), and Sino-Korean words often map to Chinese words you already know. The pronunciation is very different, though, so a word you recognise in writing will not be recognisable by ear, and Korean rarely uses Chinese characters on signs. Where they do appear they are traditional forms, which simplified readers may not recognise either. Numbers need care as well. Korean uses a native set (ํ๋, ๋, ์ ) for counting items and a Sino-Korean set (์ผ, ์ด, ์ผ) for prices, dates and phone numbers. Both languages count large sums in units of ten thousand, written ๋ง in Korean, which helps with prices but still deserves a glance at the written figure before you pay.
This page covers Chinese โ Korean specifically
The guide is written for travellers in Seoul, Busan and Jeju, for students arranging housing, a bank account or a phone plan at a Korean university, and for buyers and sellers at trade fairs and on business trips. Nothing needs installing. Open mingle.fit on any phone or computer, put one phone on the counter between you, and speak. Guests can start without an account or card; signing in adds saved history, and a signed-in user can also share the session so others join from their own phone. You do need a connection, because there is no offline mode.
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about Chinese to Korean translation.
Can I check the Korean captions myself if I cannot read Hangul?
Not directly, and it is worth planning for. During a Chinese-to-Korean session the captions are in Hangul, which is there for the person you are talking to. Your own checks are indirect: turn on read-aloud so the other person hears spoken Korean as well as reading it, keep sentences short, and watch whether the answer they give makes sense. For the answer itself, swap to a Korean-to-Chinese session and read it in Chinese.
Is a Chinese name written the same way in Korean?
Not necessarily. Korean writes a name in Hangul syllables, and the spelling can differ from your pinyin or from the way an earlier form was filled in. For a booking, a clinic registration or a university form, rely on the passport spelling, show it on paper, and read the Hangul on screen with the other person rather than assuming it matches.
Do the numbers I say in Chinese come out the same in Korean?
Spoken numbers are worth confirming on screen. Korean counts with two systems, one for things and hours and one for prices, dates and phone numbers, so the same figure can be pronounced differently depending on what it measures. Chinese and Korean both group large amounts by ten thousand, so ไธไธ and 3๋ง line up, but check any price in writing before paying.
Do I need an account or a Korean phone number to use it in Korea?
No. Open mingle.fit in your phone's browser, allow the microphone and start. Guests can begin without an account or a card. Signing in adds saved history and longer paid-plan usage. You do need an internet connection, since there is no offline mode.
How do I hear what the Korean speaker says back?
Use the swap in the session menu. It ends the current session, clears the captions and starts a new one in the opposite direction, Korean to Chinese. Tap the mic again, let them speak, and read the Chinese captions or listen through read-aloud on the phone speaker or earbuds.
Do both people need the app?
No. Everything runs in the browser. For a conversation both ways, tap Share session and show the QR code: they join on their own phone in their language, with no app and no account. On one shared phone, a session translates one direction, and you swap the languages from the session menu when they reply.
Is Mingle free to try for this language pair?
Yes โ start instantly with free guest sessions, no card and no install. Paid plans unlock longer sessions and saved history.
