Typing in Chinese

guikeli
 March 24, 2009, 10:23 PM posted in General Discussion

Hello C-pod community,

I see so many posts with Chinese characters, and would really like to do that myself, but I do not have a program to do that.

Could someone recommend a Chinese typing program to put on your computer, that is good and cost-effective.

Thanks!

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dunderklumpen
 March 24, 2009, 10:43 PM

Hi guikeli,

I use this site: http://de.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php In the left column click "type chinese" and then click "Mandarin Pinyin - Simplified (for students, with English definitions)".

If you run windows on a PC you can activate the support for asian languages (start->control panel->national settings...). You need a windows CD or DVD for that to work. You switch between your language and chinese by pressing [alt]+[shift].

I'm sure there are better programs, but I only know about those. Good luck!

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rongguang
 March 25, 2009, 01:06 AM

The Google IME for windows is very good for typing chinese. eg in Word, Explorer, Excel. http://www.google.com/ime/pinyin/ Here's a nice install guide in english http://www.district158.org/gzhang/Classroom%20Information%20Files/guide/Google%20Pinyin%20IME.pdf Here's a nice guide in english on all the set-up features. http://www.4learningchinese.com/view.php?url=http://scattered-notes.blogspot.com/2007/04/translation-of-google-chinese-input.html One of the nice features is that if you are on-line with a google account it constantly updates the most used phrases to make conversions of long sentences even more accurate

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michellekc7
 April 02, 2009, 02:15 AM

Hi guikeli,

Has your typing problem been solved?If no,I recommend you to use the "sougou" one,you can see this site:

http://pinyin.sogou.com/

click the"立即下载"and down lode the program.

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WillBuckingham
 April 02, 2009, 06:20 AM

If you only need it for writing in your web browser, and if you use Firefox, then Fireinupt - a Firefox plugin - also works fairly well. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5420

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helenxiong
 April 03, 2009, 06:24 PM

很多啦，进WWW.BAIDU.COM在那里输入"中文输入法下载”就会出现很多啦，或者叫有的人直接传个给你就是了

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hearsmile
 January 09, 2010, 07:30 AM

if u know a little about Pinyin then you should download the Sogou taping software, i recommend it, it's very convenient to use, many young people are using it!

http://pinyin.sogou.com/

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hamshank
 January 09, 2010, 12:39 PM

guikeli,

          what operating system are you using?