I have limited experience writing Chinese characters in LaTeX. I am currently using the package CJKutf8. With the command \begin{CJK*}{UTF8}{bsmi} \end{CJK*} I can print traditional Chinese characters, and with the command \begin{CJK}{UTF8}{gbsn} \end{CJK} I can print simplified Chinese characters. But I have a document where some characters are simplified and some are traditional. Is there a way to print both, without having to switch between the two commands a character at a time?
Chinese – How to Use Simplified and Traditional Chinese Characters in LaTeX
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Now I add another answer using LI Qing's xpinyin package.
It's rather easy to use:
\documentclass{ctexart}
\usepackage{xpinyin}
\begin{document}
\Huge\sffamily
\begin{pinyinscope}
床前明月光，疑是地上霜。举头望明月，低头思故乡。
\end{pinyinscope}
\xpinyin*{床前明月光，疑是地上霜。举头望明月，低头思故乡。}
\end{document}
Here's a babel implementation showing English (australian) as main language, simplified and traditional Chinese, and Pinyin.
It will compile with XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX. Though be aware that the Chinese fonts are huge and it takes the LuaTeX font loader a long time and a lot of RAM to build the cache. So long, that I can't actually compile this on my computer with LuaLaTeX. (I have a 5 year old MacBook Air with 4GB RAM running Linux. My machine just runs out of resources and kills the process.)
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[pinyin,australian]{babel}
\babelprovide[main,import,language=Default]{australian}
\babelprovide[import,language=Chinese Simplified]{chinese-simplified}
\babelprovide[import,language=Chinese Traditional]{chinese-traditional}
\babelfont{rm}{Noto Serif}
\babelfont{sf}{Noto Sans}
\babelfont[chinese-simplified]{rm}{Noto Serif CJK SC}
\babelfont[chinese-simplified]{sf}{Noto Sans CJK SC}
\babelfont[chinese-traditional]{rm}{Noto Serif CJK TC}
\babelfont[chinese-traditional]{sf}{Noto Sans CJK TC}
\begin{document}
\section{Roman Family}
Australian English.
\foreignlanguage{chinese-simplified}{汉语。}
\foreignlanguage{chinese-traditional}{漢語。}
\foreignlanguage{pinyin}{Pīnyīn.}
\renewcommand*{\familydefault}{\sfdefault}
\sffamily
\section{Sans Serif Family}
Australian English.
\foreignlanguage{chinese-simplified}{汉语。}
\foreignlanguage{chinese-traditional}{漢語。}
\foreignlanguage{pinyin}{Pīnyīn.}
\end{document}
I have a feeling the language= settings shouldn't be needed, but at least with my version of babel, they still are. In the future, I'd guess that this will work without explicitly specifying the language.
XeLaTeX output
Notice the difference in how the Chinese full stop is rendered in simplified and traditional Chinese.
Best Answer
You should build with
xelatex. You can also change the font. And setting fallback font is also supporting. I suggest you read the doc ofxeCJK.