How to change the priority language of Dictation?

The preferred language of my dictation function now is Mandarin Chinese, that is, when I press the button of the microphone, it will give priority to dictate Mandarin. But I want to switch it to dictation Cantonese first. How can I do it?

Posted on Apr 30, 2025 9:35 AM

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Posted on Apr 30, 2025 10:22 AM


Thanks for your suggestion! I have resolved the issue by exploring the settings.


The solution is to prioritize "Traditional Chinese (Cantonese)" in the Language & Region settings, instead of "Traditional Chinese." These are different options, as "Traditional Chinese" is meant for Taiwan, which uses Mandarin. When I set my device's Language & Region to prioritize "Traditional Chinese (Cantonese)," and then selected both "Traditional Chinese (Cantonese) - Stroke" and "Traditional Chinese - Handwriting" in the Keyboard settings, the dictation language for the "Traditional Chinese (Cantonese) - Stroke" keyboard page will be Cantonese, while the dictation language for the "Traditional Chinese - Handwriting" page will be Mandarin.


I understand that this issue might be a bit difficult for Apple users from non-Chinese language regions to grasp, but in Hong Kong, we use Cantonese and Traditional Chinese characters, while Taiwan uses Mandarin and Traditional Chinese characters. Therefore, there can be a bit of confusion regarding these two aspects.

Btw thanks again for reply, wish my reply can help other Chinese users:)

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Apr 30, 2025 10:22 AM in response to lobsterghost1


Thanks for your suggestion! I have resolved the issue by exploring the settings.


The solution is to prioritize "Traditional Chinese (Cantonese)" in the Language & Region settings, instead of "Traditional Chinese." These are different options, as "Traditional Chinese" is meant for Taiwan, which uses Mandarin. When I set my device's Language & Region to prioritize "Traditional Chinese (Cantonese)," and then selected both "Traditional Chinese (Cantonese) - Stroke" and "Traditional Chinese - Handwriting" in the Keyboard settings, the dictation language for the "Traditional Chinese (Cantonese) - Stroke" keyboard page will be Cantonese, while the dictation language for the "Traditional Chinese - Handwriting" page will be Mandarin.


I understand that this issue might be a bit difficult for Apple users from non-Chinese language regions to grasp, but in Hong Kong, we use Cantonese and Traditional Chinese characters, while Taiwan uses Mandarin and Traditional Chinese characters. Therefore, there can be a bit of confusion regarding these two aspects.

Btw thanks again for reply, wish my reply can help other Chinese users:)

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