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Choose Keyboard Choose Input Sources, then click + Select Chinese (Simplified) - Pinyin - Simplified then click Add Make sure Show Input menu in menu bar is checked. Use the language icon in menubar to switch modes. Typing in Chinese using Pinyin Type in Pinyin, and select the character. When typing words with two or more characters, you can just type the first letter of each syllable. For example, ggqc for 公共汽车, daxs for 大学生 and gxing for 高兴 New. Press the corresponding number key, or tap the Chinese character or word, to select the character or word from the candidate box. Enter Chinese characters using Stroke with Pinyin - Simplified On your Mac, switch to the Pinyin - Simplified input source. In an app, use a prefix key (u), followed (without a space) by the stroke input code for a character. For example, you can type the following. How to add Chinese as an input source -How to Enable on-screen trackpad for writing Chinese characters -pinyin.

The easiest way I’ve found to do it (in small doses) is to copy and paste. I personally have a Word document call “pinyin tones” and that’s all that’s in it. Download it here if you want it too:

Pinyin Tones (7,575 hits)

Type Pinyin

Otherwise, if you have to do a whole lot of typing pinyin I suggest using a tool at www.xuezhongwen.net. After you get past the splash screen, click on “拼音 Type Pīnyīn” in the menu inside the left side-bar. You type “hao3” and you get “hǎo.” Very cool.

There is also apparently a tool called Wenlin that let’s you type pinyin with tone markings, but I’ve never used it (see Mark Swofford’s post about Wenlin).

Web Site Encoding

If you want to put pinyin on a website, and you want to be able to tweak the settings, use this tool by Mark Swofford. It will take “hao3” and convert it to “hǎo”. The only bad thing about it is it doesn’t remember your line breaks–but I’ve learned to cope.

MS Word Macro

(see Wanted: Convert Tone Numbers in Microsoft Word)

Other Tools

(see comments below for other suggestions from readers)

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Script Basics

The Chinese script is a logographic script structured so that each character
represents a single concept; characters are then combined
to form compound words.
Note: The script does also have a phonetic component.

Although there are several distinct varieties (or 'dialects') spoken in China including Mandarin and Cantonese (Hong Kong),they can all read many of the same 'written words' because the script is more based on meaning, not on sound.

See the links below for more information

Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Pinyin

There are several variants of the the Chinese script used in different contexts.

1. Chinese Traditional is the older form of the script and is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and other locations outside of China, including various 'Chinatowns' in the West. Chinese Traditional characters are more complex and more numerous.
2. Chinese Simplified was developed in Mainland China (and adopted in Singapore) as a way of simplifying the older system in order to increase literacy. As part of the of the simplification, several Traditional characters were collapsed into one character in Simplified. Although it is relatively easy to convert from Chinese Traditional to Chinese Simplified, the reverse is not always true. As a result, most systems support both Traditional and Simplified Chinese in parallel.
3. Pinyin is the term used to refer to the system of writing Chinese words in the Latin (English) alphabet. This was developed in the 1950’s in Mainland China to help increase literacy.

Example Traditional vs. Simplified Chinese

The table below shows how the name for Mandarin Chinese changes between scripts and even nationalities. Note though that the characters in the form from China are the same in both Traditional and Simplified Chinese.

Language/Dialects

See the Other Language/Dialects section for information on forms like Cantonese and Wu.

Test Sites

If you have your browser configured correctly, the Web sites above should display the correct characters. If you have difficulties, see list below for font and browser configuration instructions.

• Simplified Chinese – BBC News Chinese Language
• Traditional Chinese – Yahoo Taiwan News

If these sites are not displaying correctly, see the Browser Setup page for set up information.

Font Recommendations

Both Windows and Mac (and mobile platforms) provide a set of Japanese fonts, but more decorative versions may be found through font vendors or font download sites.

Traditional Chinese Fonts by Platform

• Windows – MingLiU, PMingLiU, Microsoft JhengHei
• Mac OS X – AppleLiGothiic Medium, Li Hei Pro, Apple LiSung, BiauKai, LiSongPro
• Mac System 9 – Taipei, others

Simplified Chinese Fonts by Platform

• Windows – SimSun, NSimSun, SimHei, Microsoft YaHei, others
• Mac OS X – Hei, STHeiti Light and Regular, STFangsong, STKaiti, STSong, Kai
• Mac System 9 – Beijing, others

Activate Input/Typing Utilities

Different Input Options

In Windows, Macintosh/iOS and Droid, input options for both Simplified and Traditional Chinese are available.

You can also activate different input options for each script. Typical options include

• Phonetic/Pinyin – Users can type a syllable in pinyin and then select the correct character.
• By Radical/Stroke – This allows a user to search and enter characters by radical or stroke forms.
• Handwriting – Some systems allow users to write a character on a trackpad.
• Additional standards may be supported.

Activate Input Utilities (Windows and Mac)

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Yabla How to type Chinese using Pinyin gives detailed instructions for activating Chinese pinyin input on both Windows and Macintosh as well as iPhone and Droid.

You can also view generic documentation for

Tone Marks in Pinyin

Macintosh

If you activate the Extended (ABC) Keyboard on the Macintosh, the following codes allow you to type different accent codes.

Windows

A more limited set of accent codes are if the Windows International keyboard is activated. The long mark (macron) is not available there.

Web Development

Historical Encodings

Unicode (utf-8) which corresponds to GB18030 (mandated in the People’s Republic of China) is the preferred encoding for Web sites, but the following older encodings may be encountered.

• Use Unicode (utf-8) whenever possible
• Simplified Chinese Historic Encodings:gb18030, gb2312, gbk, Others
• Traditional Chinese Historic Encodings:big5, euc-tw, Others

Language Tags

Language Tags allow browsers and other software to process Chinese text more efficiently. Below are the recommended codes for different scripts

• Chinese:zh (the most generic tag, but rarely used)
• Mandarin Chinese, Simplified Script: zh-Hans is preferred, but zh-CN may be found on older sites.
• Mandarin Chinese, Traditional Script: zh-Hant or zh-Hant-TW (Taiwan) is preferred zh-TW
• Pinyin (Mandarin):zh-Latn-pinyin for Mandarin. If the text is not Mandarin,use one the dialect codes below.
• Cantonese (Hong Kong):zh-HK

Vertical Text

See the Vertical Text page for information on vertical Chinese text

Other Chinese Languages/Dialects

About Chinese Dialects/Sinitic Languages

Different regions of China speak in varieties which are traditionally called 'dialects', but they are so far apart that spealers from different regions may not understand each other. Linguists usually consider these dialects to be separate related languages and sometimes use the term 'Sintic languages'.

The standard form of modern spoken Chinese is called Mandarin Chinese, but other forms include Cantonese/Yue (Hong Kong), Wu (Shanghai) and Hakka.

Language Codes

For these varieties, there are currently two standards available, the IANA standard which adds 'variety' tags to the base zh tag or the SIL ISO-639-3 standard which treats dialects as separate languages.

Note: A — indicates no IANA or ISO-639-3 code registered.

* Min includes Fuzhou, Hokkein, Amoy, Taiwanese

Script and Language Tag

Most non-Mandarin Chinese documents are written in either Traditional Chinese (or Simplified Chinese with additional characters), pinyin or some other Western phonetic form. To distinguish the forms, one can use a script tags like wuu-Latn-pinyin (Wu Chinese in pinyin) or wuu-Hant (Wu Chinese in Traditional Chinese)

Links on Chinese Dialects

• China Language Com – Out of Singapore. Detailed information in Hakka and Cantonese

Links

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Chinese Computing

Windows

• Pinyin Joe – Includes updates on Windows 7 and Windows Vista
• How to display and edit Chinese on English Windows systems – includes e-mail, Dreamweaver, etc.
• Chinese Windows How To – Initial Setup instructions

Macintosh

Mobile

• Chinese How To: Smartphones – Includes Droid, Blackberry, Windows, iOS

Linux/Unix

• Pinyin Joe – Includes updates on Ubuntu Linux
• Linux Chinese How To – Guide to Linux set up and common Linux/Unix problems. Out of Taiwan.
• www.linux.org.tw – In Chinese

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Chinese Language

Script Basics

Chinese Dialects

• China Language Com – Out of Singapore. Detailed information in Hakka and Cantonese

Web Development Tips

• Reading and Writing Chinese Characters and Pinyin on the Web Using Unicode – Tips for writing Chinese text in Unicode.
• Creating
  Chinese Web Pages (Chinese Computing) – Covers general guidelines

Technical Issues

Typing Chinese Characters In Word

• Encodings on Chinese Web Pages – part of a PHP tutorial