To type Chinese, you need to use what's called “input method”, because there are not enough keys for each character to have 1 key.
You need to know 3 thousands of them to read newspaper. The lower right of each key is label for Chinese input method called Cangjie (倉頡). The labels on the upper right of each key is Zhuyin (aka bopomofo). The key labels show 2 different input methods for Chinese. Normally the labels include English letters.įirst, lets look at a keyboard used in Taiwan. It has keycap labeled with the cangjie input method, which is used Taiwan and Hong Kong. Keyboard from James Bond movie, Tomorrow Never Dies
Here is how to type Chinese, and intro to Chinese input methods.
