diff --git a/packages/markitdown/src/markitdown/__main__.py b/packages/markitdown/src/markitdown/__main__.py
index 6085ad6bb..39eaab767 100644
--- a/packages/markitdown/src/markitdown/__main__.py
+++ b/packages/markitdown/src/markitdown/__main__.py
@@ -206,12 +206,19 @@ def _handle_output(args, result: DocumentConverterResult):
         with open(args.output, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
             f.write(result.markdown)
     else:
-        # Handle stdout encoding errors more gracefully
-        print(
-            result.markdown.encode(sys.stdout.encoding, errors="replace").decode(
-                sys.stdout.encoding
+        # Write UTF-8 directly to the underlying binary buffer when available.
+        # This avoids UnicodeEncodeError on systems whose locale encoding
+        # (e.g. GBK on Chinese Windows) cannot represent all Unicode characters
+        # in the markdown output, and also handles the case where
+        # sys.stdout.encoding is None (e.g. when stdout is a raw pipe).
+        if hasattr(sys.stdout, "buffer"):
+            sys.stdout.buffer.write(result.markdown.encode("utf-8"))
+            sys.stdout.buffer.flush()
+        else:
+            encoding = sys.stdout.encoding or "utf-8"
+            print(
+                result.markdown.encode(encoding, errors="replace").decode(encoding)
             )
-        )
 
 
 def _exit_with_error(message: str):