Chinese

中文

Sino-Tibetan

Language Code

ISO 639-1 Code

zh

Common Usage

HTML lang attribute

<html lang="zh">

HTTP Accept-Language Header

Accept-Language: zh

JavaScript/TypeScript

const language = "zh";
const languageName = "Chinese";

ISO 639 Standard

ISO 639-1 is the international standard for language codes. These two-letter codes are used in HTML lang attributes, HTTP headers, and i18n/l10n systems. The code "zh" represents Chinese (中文) and is part of the Sino-Tibetan language family.

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