Can you type Chinese, and if so, which method?

Discussion in 'Chinese Chat' started by hkm91450, Dec 28, 2006.

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Which Chinese input method do you use (most often)?

  1. Pinyin

    60.5%
  2. Simplified Cangjie

    2.6%
  3. Dayi

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  4. Four Corner

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  5. Q9

    3.9%
  6. Other

    10.5%
  7. I can't type Chinese!

    22.4%
  1. hkm91450

    hkm91450 Well-Known Member

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  2. kdotc

    kdotc 안녕하세요빅뱅K-Dragon입니다

    i use altavista translate =)
     
  3. aznmily

    aznmily Member

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    i use pinyin cause it's easier than phonetic and the other one i don't know
     
  4. FiNa|DiStaNc3

    FiNa|DiStaNc3 Active Member

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    I kinda use a translator and copy and paste. Pretty sure that the grammar isn't right, but i think it gets the message across.
     
  5. lingxling

    lingxling Well-Known Member

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    i'm using pinyin^
    but its not really good as u can only type simplified chinese.
    whenever i need traditional chinese, i'll have to use some translators.
    haha
     
  6. hkm91450

    hkm91450 Well-Known Member

    You guys are pro for using translator. It never comes out right for me, and it's especially hard if you're going to be "typing in Cantonese".
     
  7. Li-thal

    Li-thal Active Member

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    i use pinyin the other method is just too complicated for me
     
  8. i can't type chinese since i cannot write or read any chinese XD i can speak canto tho :)
     
  9. Battousai23

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    I type chinese usin NJStar Communicator, which like most programs uses Pin Yin. I usually type Simplified (Jian Ti Zhi) but sometimes a bit of Tradtional (Fan Ti Zhi)
     
  10. AZN-511

    AZN-511 Well-Known Member

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    lol learning how to write chinese is hard enough, but trying to find a meothd to input over 20,000 character on one keyword. This remain me of the ep. of the simpsons where Homer was employ to write fortune cookies in chinese, and lisa was trying to figure the keyboard.
     
  11. kk_gigi

    kk_gigi Member

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    I don't know how to type chinese
     
  12. compliant

    compliant Well-Known Member

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    I had twinbridge for a while, and that had both cantonese pingyums and mandarin pinyin/zhuyin.

    later on we just got pen pads, so I just have to write out the character and find the one that I intended to write. if I can't, then I just type in zhuyin (because it's the default pronunciation alphabet for that program)
     
  13. ms-jojo

    ms-jojo Well-Known Member

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    i use pinyin.. helps me practice for Mandarin too haha. i also know how to find Chinese words by typing Korean, which my Krn friend taught me... not very good at it, but haha w/e. i wanna learn how to just type it all out like on tv. what's that called?
     
  14. compliant

    compliant Well-Known Member

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    ...subtitles?
     
  15. saikira

    saikira Well-Known Member

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    i use free translation and world lingo to help me translate
     
  16. ms-jojo

    ms-jojo Well-Known Member

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    no.... i meant like how the characters on tv do it. you know how when it shows them typing Chinese on the computer, it shows up really fast? i meant that. = =''
     
  17. hkm91450

    hkm91450 Well-Known Member

    They use 速成, pronounced "chuk sing".
    That's what most of my HK buddies use, and is in fact the most common method in HK, as far as I know. It's based on radicals, with each key representing a radical. To type out a word, you combine two radicals together. It's pretty hard to master, and you gotta know your characters real well in order to type fast.
     
  18. ms-jojo

    ms-jojo Well-Known Member

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    oooh i wanna learn anyhow hahaha. seems pretty similar to the Korean way of typing...... but i guess harder considering the Korean keyboard is just like the alphabet.
     
  19. Powerz

    Powerz Well-Known Member

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    I use pinyin and CantonPinyin (廣東拼音) to type. There's always words I don't know how to type. Does anyone know any good programs for instruction? Or any other typing software? I currently use NJStar.

    -rockon
     
  20. hkm91450

    hkm91450 Well-Known Member

    What the hell? There's cantonese pinyin? Where???