diff --git a/src/rime/gear/script_translator.cc b/src/rime/gear/script_translator.cc
index 50b555528..d128fb035 100644
--- a/src/rime/gear/script_translator.cc
+++ b/src/rime/gear/script_translator.cc
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ an<Translation> ScriptTranslator::Query(const string& input,
                                         const Segment& segment) {
   if (!dict_ || !dict_->loaded())
     return nullptr;
-  if (!segment.HasTag(tag_))
+  if (!segment.HasAnyTagIn(tags_))
     return nullptr;
   DLOG(INFO) << "input = '" << input << "', [" << segment.start << ", "
              << segment.end << ")";
diff --git a/src/rime/gear/table_translator.cc b/src/rime/gear/table_translator.cc
index a43a77f93..ccbc36fc2 100644
--- a/src/rime/gear/table_translator.cc
+++ b/src/rime/gear/table_translator.cc
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ static bool starts_with_completion(an<Translation> translation) {
 
 an<Translation> TableTranslator::Query(const string& input,
                                        const Segment& segment) {
-  if (!segment.HasTag(tag_))
+  if (!segment.HasAnyTagIn(tags_))
     return nullptr;
   DLOG(INFO) << "input = '" << input << "', [" << segment.start << ", "
              << segment.end << ")";
diff --git a/src/rime/gear/translator_commons.cc b/src/rime/gear/translator_commons.cc
index 081a52292..bad043253 100644
--- a/src/rime/gear/translator_commons.cc
+++ b/src/rime/gear/translator_commons.cc
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ TranslatorOptions::TranslatorOptions(const Ticket& ticket) {
   if (Config* config = ticket.schema->config()) {
     config->GetString(ticket.name_space + "/delimiter", &delimiters_) ||
         config->GetString("speller/delimiter", &delimiters_);
-    config->GetString(ticket.name_space + "/tag", &tag_);
     config->GetBool(ticket.name_space + "/contextual_suggestions",
                     &contextual_suggestions_);
     config->GetBool(ticket.name_space + "/enable_completion",
@@ -132,6 +131,20 @@ TranslatorOptions::TranslatorOptions(const Ticket& ticket) {
         config->GetList(ticket.name_space + "/comment_format"));
     user_dict_disabling_patterns_.Load(
         config->GetList(ticket.name_space + "/disable_user_dict_for_patterns"));
+    string tag;
+    if (config->GetString(ticket.name_space + "/tag", &tag)) {
+      // replace the first tag, and understand /tags as extra tags
+      tags_[0] = tag;
+    } else {
+      // replace all of the default tags
+      tags_.clear();
+    }
+    if (auto list = config->GetList(ticket.name_space + "/tags"))
+      for (size_t i = 0; i < list->size(); ++i)
+        if (auto value = As<ConfigValue>(list->GetAt(i)))
+          tags_.push_back(value->str());
+    if (tags_.empty())
+      tags_.push_back("abc");
   }
   if (delimiters_.empty()) {
     delimiters_ = " ";
diff --git a/src/rime/gear/translator_commons.h b/src/rime/gear/translator_commons.h
index f4aac18f4..558559981 100644
--- a/src/rime/gear/translator_commons.h
+++ b/src/rime/gear/translator_commons.h
@@ -146,8 +146,15 @@ class TranslatorOptions {
   bool IsUserDictDisabledFor(const string& input) const;
 
   const string& delimiters() const { return delimiters_; }
-  const string& tag() const { return tag_; }
-  void set_tag(const string& tag) { tag_ = tag; }
+  vector<string> tags() const { return tags_; }
+  void set_tags(const vector<string>& tags) {
+    tags_ = tags;
+    if (tags_.size() == 0) {
+      tags_.push_back("abc");
+    }
+  }
+  const string& tag() const { return tags_[0]; }
+  void set_tag(const string& tag) { tags_[0] = tag; }
   bool contextual_suggestions() const { return contextual_suggestions_; }
   void set_contextual_suggestions(bool enabled) {
     contextual_suggestions_ = enabled;
@@ -163,7 +170,7 @@ class TranslatorOptions {
 
  protected:
   string delimiters_;
-  string tag_ = "abc";
+  vector<string> tags_{"abc"};  // invariant: non-empty
   bool contextual_suggestions_ = false;
   bool enable_completion_ = true;
   bool strict_spelling_ = false;
diff --git a/src/rime/segmentation.h b/src/rime/segmentation.h
index 401984464..43393d72c 100644
--- a/src/rime/segmentation.h
+++ b/src/rime/segmentation.h
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ struct Segment {
   bool Reopen(size_t caret_pos);
 
   bool HasTag(const string& tag) const { return tags.find(tag) != tags.end(); }
+  bool HasAnyTagIn(const vector<string>& tags) const {
+    return std::any_of(tags.begin(), tags.end(),
+                       [this](const string& tag) { return HasTag(tag); });
+  }
 
   an<Candidate> GetCandidateAt(size_t index) const;
   an<Candidate> GetSelectedCandidate() const;