Written communication is essential when we think of a digital world, where it is now possible to talk to different people in real time through chat applications or emails. It is there where the keyboard of our devices fulfills an essential function in this. Although it is true, there are cultures where their writing system is quite different from ours, an example of which is this, which as ancient civilizations and some existing ones have logographic origin, that is, similar to the hieroglyphic systems of ancient Egypt or pre-Columbian civilizations such as the Maya, It’s a bit difficult to understand them.
But surely you will wonder What use is this knowledge to me? Know how to modify the keyboard It will allow us to expand our social network, since we can get in touch with people in different parts of the world who speak this language. In addition to the fact that if you are someone with a business vision, this tutorial will help you establish commercial alliances with China, taking into account that this country represents one of the largest and most decisive focuses in the world economy.
Many times we miss key opportunities in life, whether they are work or study, because we limit our mind to what is established. It is because of that In this tutorial we will open your mind and we will explain step by step what the procedures are that you must follow to place the keyboard in this language. You will be able to discover how to do it in different operating systems quickly and effectively.
How is a keyboard to write with Chinese letters and characters?
It is important to mention that this writing system has thousands of characters that are around 50,000. Although those used in the present time there are approximately 10,000 and for ordinary language, that is to say ours, 3,000 symbols are usedwhich means that it is quite extensive.
However, technological advances and the study of Chinese writing have been able to simplify this large number of characters, to the point where now a Chinese keyboard for a mobile device or computer has almost the same number of keys as one in Spanish.
the pinyin It is one of the standard and most widely used phonetic transcription systems in the country. Being considered the simplest, so there is no doubt that it helps many who do not know Chinese writing. It is used to enter letters of this type on the QWERTY keyboard through specific programs.
Below we will show you an example of what a keyboard with Chinese letters looks like:
Programs and applications to change and put your keyboard in the Chinese language
The vast majority of computers and Smartphones are programmed with three major operating systems such as Microsoft, Apple and Android. According to them there are compatible software alternatives for each one, where they allow us to achieve the objective of putting our keyboard in Chinese. For example, Microsoft IME it is one that is installed on all devices that have Windows.
Also, as expected the great company Google seeks to make our lives easier and therefore it has an official Software, Google Piyin, which has been developed by Google China Labs since 2007 and which allows synchronization of Chinese writing systems. Its compatibility is wide for Windows, Android, Linux and Mac O SX devices.
Next we will show you step by step how to establish it in your equipment.
Switch for Windows PC
To install the Chinese-language peripheral on the windows computer you should run the following.
- go to “Control Panel”. To get there quickly you can type it into the computer wizard.
- Following this, a pop-up window will open, in which you can see all the categories of this. You’re going to click “Watch, language and region” and then in “Regional and Language Settings”.
- Select the option “Keyboards and languages” and click “Change keyboards.”
- press “Add” and look for the language “Simplified Chinese”.
- After following these steps to the letter, you must click on “To accept”. This way you can Check either in Word or a Notes Blog that you already have it activated.
Use on Mac computers
To activate the Chinese language keyboard feature on your Mac or Apple device you must follow the following steps.
- Open the popup window “System preferences”.
- There select the icon “Keyboard”.
- Then you must click on “Input Sources”.
- Search for the language “Simplified Chinese” clicking on the + sign and selecting it. It is also called “Simplified Pinyin”.
- By selecting “Simplified Pinyin”,you should activate the “Show Predictive Completions” function. This option will allow autocomplete many words and you will avoid the time of writing them in pinyin.
- The pinyin, as you can see, has many functions that will facilitate the processes when using this facility offered by Mac in its operating system.
Put on your Android mobile
We have already reviewed the options to perform the step by step tutorial for both Windows and Mac computers. However, today we spend perhaps 10 times more time on our mobiles. Therefore, below we will explain how to change the keyboard to Chinese, in this case in android.
There are different applications to modify this, since Android does not have such a wide device to cover some languages. You can do it with gboard which is one of the most outstanding in this system and which complies with a large repertoire of languages.
- Enter in “Settings” or “Settings”.
- Then access in “Language and inputs”.
- Look for the option “Keyboard and input methods”, choose “Virtual keyboard”.
- Click on “Gboard”.
- now choose “Languages”.
- Select the option “Add keyboard”.
- Search for the language you want to add, in this case, you will choose “Chinese IME” and press “Clever”.
- To change language, you just have to keep the space key pressed for a few seconds and then select the language you want to use.
put on iphone
On iPhone it is done as follows.
- In the home of your iPhone you must go to the button “Settings“.
- Then you must click on “General”. Then go down to find the “Keyboard” option.
- Select the option “Keyboards”.
- When locating this option you must go to the button “Add new keyboard”, there you must look for the language “Simplified Chinese”.
- In the suggested ones you will find the option “Simplified Chinese”, where you can choose the different alternatives. The recommended thing, as we did for the Mac computer, is to select the option “Pinyin-QWERTY”.
- If you want to write by hand you can also select the writing option.
- To finish, you must click on “OK” and you’re done to write your texts in Chinese.
Writing Chinese with virtual online tools
If you can’t do it with the above procedures, or you don’t want to download an app, you can choose to use online tools. These have the same function as any other. One of the easiest ways is to use Google translator to translate what you write in Spanish to Chinese.
- Another is using , it adapts to any jargon you want, you just have to Select the language you need and write in the corresponding space.
- In addition to the previous one we have , which shows a keyboard where you must click each letter with the mouse. It’s a bit difficult if you don’t know the Chinese keyboard layout well, since it only hints at them.
- You can also use this entering , it is easier because the letters in Spanish and Chinese are displayed when typing.
Chinese letters and their equivalents in Spanish
Spanish letter
chinese letter
Pronunciation
a 阿 ā b 贝 bèi c 色 sè ch 车 chē d 德 dé e 俄 é f 俄非 é fēi g 黑 hēi h 阿车 ā chē i 伊 yī j 厚塔 hòu tǎ k 卡 kǎ l 艾勒 ài lè ll ài yē m 艾么 ài me n 艾呢 ài ne ñ 艾涅 ài niè o 哦 ó p 佩 pèi q 苦 kǔ r 艾和 ài hé s 艾色 ài sè t 特 tè u 吴 wú v 吴维 wú僻wéi w勒 wú wéi dòu bù lè x 艾吉尺 ài jí chǐ y 伊列哈 yī liè hā z 舍塔 shè tǎ
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