diff --git a/manual/build.py b/manual/build.py
index 4c94a61bab..d08694a592 100755
--- a/manual/build.py
+++ b/manual/build.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def sphinx_build(language, base, builder='html', bdir='html', t=None, quiet=True
 
 def build_manual(language, base):
     sb = partial(sphinx_build, language, base)
-    skip_pdf = language == 'tr'
+    skip_pdf = language == 'tr' or 'zh' in language
     onlinedir = sb(t='online')
     epubdir = sb('myepub', 'epub')
     latexdir = sb('mylatex', 'latex')
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def build_manual(language, base):
 
 def build_pot(base):
     cmd = [SPHINX_BUILD, '-b', 'gettext', '-t', 'online', '-t', 'gettext', '.', base]
-    print (' '.join(cmd))
+    print(' '.join(cmd))
     subprocess.check_call(cmd)
     os.remove(j(base, 'generated.pot'))
     return base
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ def build_pot(base):
 
 def build_linkcheck(base):
     cmd = [SPHINX_BUILD, '-b', 'linkcheck', '-t', 'online', '-t', 'linkcheck', '.', base]
-    print (' '.join(cmd))
+    print(' '.join(cmd))
     subprocess.check_call(cmd)
     return base
 
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
             import json
             os.environ['ALL_USER_MANUAL_LANGUAGES'] = ' '.join(json.load(open('locale/completed.json', 'rb')))
         sphinx_build(language, base, t='online', quiet=False)
-        print ('Manual built in', j(base, 'html'))
+        print('Manual built in', j(base, 'html'))
     else:
         p = argparse.ArgumentParser()
         p.add_argument('language', help='The language to build for')
@@ -122,4 +122,4 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         else:
             os.environ['CALIBRE_OVERRIDE_LANG'] = language
             build_manual(language, base)
-            print ('Manual for', language, 'built in', j(base, 'html'))
+            print('Manual for', language, 'built in', j(base, 'html'))