How to Type in Chinese Fast and Easily!

[@cozykotatsu]

I didn't know about just typing the initials!! So helpful!!! It works on Google keyboard on my phone, too!! 謝謝老師!!!

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

You're very welcome! 💕

[@aphroditepuff2135]

咁啱我的世界

[@renagaideraider200]

飛行機 作り方 折り紙 what does this say guys?

[@ankur9497]

​@@renagaideraider200that's japanese, not chinese It translates to:"How to make an origami paper plane"

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

This video was inspired by your comments! I hope you found it helpful! 💛

[@honeyboohoo]

謝謝您！

[@walkingair97]

多謝賜教！😊😊😊❣🤜🤛

[@darielleyson4037]

Yes it is! :) 谢谢你！

[@blast7105]

I love this video so much. What do you think of my typing on TypeRacer?

[@sw2de3fr4gt]

Show us your typing speed!

[@ericdaoo]

My first semester in Taipei, I needed to use the lab computer to fill in some forms with my Chinese name and I was so confused about how to type using zhuyin on the computer haha. I knew how to type zhuyin on my phone and assumed it'd be the same but it wasn't. I so could've use this video back then hahaha

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

Hahaha sorry I didn’t deliver it when you needed it the most😝

[@ericdaoo]

@@GraceMandarinChinese btw I think it’d be awesome if you did a colab video with another Taiwanese youtuber named, Mandarin with Miss Lin😂😂

[@meiyang5969]

Thank you for the video. I went to Chinese school 50 years ago and now I’m learning to communicate with my old friends in Chinese via iPhone. Your video gave me the idea how to text in Chinese, though for me it’s faster if I just talk to the phone. But sometimes the character does not come out right, so I still have to choose the right character. During pandemic, I recopied 6500 words in Chinese dictionary and it really brought back a lot of memories.❤

[@Nick-pr5gw]

谢谢你这真的很有帮助 I didn’t know about the down arrow or the initials.

[@Nil_Ardui_Est]

Great video as always! I didn’t know there were shortcuts that can make typing chinese faster. I also appreciate how you explain things in an easy to understand manner. 谢谢你。

[@johnmofula]

You explained everything... i just wish I found this video when I was first learning how go type Chinese Characters... but I'm still going to come back after learning zhuyin

[@playtypus4592]

A method that I personally use is called double pinyin or shuangpin (双拼). It basically makes it so that every key has a double purpose as an inital and final sound. There are a few different layouts, but in the one I use (shuangpin++) for example the "i" key acts as "sh" in the initial position, but as "i" in the final position, or the "t" key acts as "t" as an inital, but as "eng" as a final. Since every character is written with only two keystrokes, there's never any confusion. This means a sentence like "你们明天有时间吗?" (nimen mingtian you shijian ma) is written like "nimrmqtjypijma". This admittedly looks really confusing at first and it does indeed take some getting used to, but I got the hang of it much, much faster than I anticipated. I've even been asked multiple times by Chinese people on apps like Hellotalk how I can type so fast. It's worth trying at least.

[@jamieg2427]

that's awesome advice. i'll look into that. i was considering learning to use wubi, but shuangpin looks much easier.

[@playtypus4592]

@@jamieg2427 Glad I could help

[@jamieg2427]

我很喜欢双拼 I'm trying it out right now!! Very cool. I see there's many different layouts. How did you pick PlusPlus as opposed to Ziranma or something else?

[@playtypus4592]

@@jamieg2427 It was an option in the settings of Google pinyin input. Under "input" or something you can choose between full pinyin and a bunch of different double pinyin methods

[@jamieg2427]

@@playtypus4592 sorry, what i meant was, i'm in the settings menu and i'm seeing many different double pinyin options. what was it that made you decide on PlusPlus as opposed to some other method, like for example Microsoft or Ziranma or ABC? what made you choose that particular version of double pinyin?

[@HaiLe-sy7mq]

非常感謝，感謝這個視頻，我知道如何快速打字，我正在學習中文，希望你經常製作更多有用的視頻，謝謝。

[@ostrog7922]

本來要找影片學習英文，結果看到用英文教中文的影片也是挺有趣的，太讚了。

[@callumanderson2835]

I’ve been doing this for 20 years ! Surprised no one knew about it !!!

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

Wow did you just find out about that yourself?

[@callumanderson2835]

@@GraceMandarinChinese it’s probably because I speak Cantonese fluently- most Hong Kong people do not know how to type Chinese correctly! I can type Chinese faster than English now !

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

@@callumanderson2835 I see! Thanks for letting me know! :)

[@genace]

Wow, thanks for sharing all this info, and that’s such a cool tip to just use the initials! I never knew phones had shortcuts like that. This video made me look into some more phone tricks. I only now learned about the period shortcut (double-tapping the space bar to put a period and space at the end of a sentence.) This shortcut just needs to be enabled in the the phone’s keyboard settings. Another trick is to hold down the space bar until it “clicks” and it enables you to precisely drag the cursor around the screen. This doesn’t relate to typing speed, but it helps when trying to select in between two characters/letters within a typed word. Example: selecting between the “i” and “s” in “is”, or between the 電 and 影 in 電影. I think these should work for most language keyboards. I’m just not sure if they would work with all operating systems.

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

Hi Josh! Thank you so much for sharing the tips!

[@genace]

@@GraceMandarinChinese You’re welcome! Thanks again for the tips that you gave. :)

[@aztecprincessno1]

I just tried it on my MacBook 2013 and it does work by just typing the initials. 😉

[@misO.multi.]

谢谢妳！It's so much easier than i thought.

[@RingsOfSolace]

Literally only looked this up because of the ü sound. I was figuring most of this by myself because I like to jump in headfirst like a madman, but every word that involved ü was a pain in the ass. Thank you for the video, you are a gentleman and a scholar!

[@gayatri-ydkh]

Hey! What should i do if i require a ü with a ǔ third tone together ? Please help me out

[@mpas363]

Typing ㄒㄒ for 謝謝 is a lifesaver. Thank you.

[@lawlyv1299]

Very helpful video, I had never heard of zhuyin and I didn't know that I could simply type the initial! 💓

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

If you're curious about Zhuyin, remember to check out the video! 😉

[@dotaallstars8172]

Your videos are so thorough! Thank you for providing such amazing content online!

[@-mey5392]

I've been trying to figure out my zhuyin keyboard and finally it dawn on me how to use it hahahaha thank you Grace!

[@jahanzebkhan3434]

Your video is helpful for typing on computer & mobile, m new in Taiwan’ & m learning chinese in the University. Hopefully i could be on this stage soon to type my next comment in Mandarin for you. 😬 謝謝你

[@guilhermeportugal6389]

That was actually a really cool video! I had the Chinese keyboard on my phone already and I didn't know about some of these tricks!

[@wsudance85]

You read my mind! I just started using 注音 on my computer and it's harder than on my phone 😅

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

Haha yes they're kind of different :P I'm glad to be helpful!

[@Garbaz]

Not sure whether that's possible in every Zhuyin IME, but at least with the one I use, I can also set it so I don't have to type out the tones. Though it's probably still a good idea for learning.

[@babybaddie.-4593]

OMG This is so easy and useful for beginners. Thank you! 🙏🏼✨

[@lithbcyes4201]

This helped me so much! 谢谢 grace 老是，再见！

[@rinaisaans]

Thank you so much Grace! I learnt 注音 really fast and it's all thanks to you (only you)♡ 謝謝！

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

不客氣！很高興你喜歡注音😚

[@powerpuff4ever]

It's so interesting that you can type out full sentences (common ones) with mostly initial sounds as if it's text speak in English. Are there popular texting abbreviations for Chinese?

[@anasasiajcrowe]

Well i know that xswl stands for 笑死我了, which just means "lmao" in chinese

[@jamieg2427]

​@吃货小美女 i'm not old enough for that kind of language 🤣

[@marty.l]

Thank you. That was helpful with the initials to type faster.

[@ionamygdalon2263]

谢谢你 Grace ! I have learned the Simplified writing system Therefore I use pinyin. Also pinyin was easy for me to learn as it is similar to the English alphabet. Very useful video by the way 👍 👍

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

Sure, you can choose whatever input method that suits you! :) I'm glad you liked the video!

[@ionamygdalon2263]

@@GraceMandarinChinese You make VERY good quality videos !! 恭喜你 ！！ Keep going Grace :)

[@nuraysahabbas9660]

so happy to find your channel 😊. As of know since I am just starting to learn, i think i will just try to use pinyin input method. Later, after knowing more word , I l'll try to learn that zyuyin method

[@舒華溫]

This is really helpful. 非常謝謝你

[@yj8628]

既然认为全拼慢，可以尝试双拼！ 双拼输入法是指汉字的声母、韵母各用一个字母(或个别符号)代替构成的拼音编码。采用这种拼音输入法输入汉字时，用户只需要击键两次便可以键入一个汉字的拼音。例如小鹤双拼，输入“中国”的“中”字，可键入vs完成字音输入。主流的双拼方案包括小鹤双拼、微软拼音2003、智能ABC、拼音加加、紫光双拼、自然码。在主流的智能输入法中都可以选取并使用以上双拼方案。在选择双拼方案的时候重点是看双拼键位设定是否合理，中文输入十指击键移动范围是否最小，是否有双拼方案对应的辅助码。In the double-spelling input method, the sound and vowel of Chinese character pinyin are each represented by an English letter, that is, typing a Chinese character, just press the keyboard 2 times. The mainstream double spell solutions include Xiaohe double spell, Microsoft Pinyin 2003, Intelligent ABC, Pinyin plus, Purple Light double spell, Natural Code and so on. The main difference between these schemes lies in the key arrangement of vowels and auxiliary codes.

[@arthurmarek8418]

Good explanation of difficult ideas.Thanks

[@heryzh8500]

can you tell what is the good dictionary for example major in business and engineering construction

[@garudabowo]

Really useful, i am googling for this. Easily got me subscribed

[@tonyfanantenanarandriamana8340]

Very helpful content, 非常感謝!

[@estherandherlittleworld7821]

Your videos are sooo coool and so useful! Thank you very much Grace 😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@weightedtraininggear]

Another quick thing about Pinyin input, if you're using standard pinyin, if you want to type 儿 you need to type out "er" and not just "r"!

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

Thanks for sharing the tip!

[@RandomToastyJt]

Thank you! I don't even know how to read that much. ( I can only read the word "sheep" and 1 2 3 in chinese ) But I'll keep learning. Thank you so much again.

[@jourdain2010]

多謝你！！ ❤❤❤ 我愛中文 和 你的 班及 🎉

[@anjeelahussain]

Extremely helpful,thank you🙏

[@dyong888]

good video. Seems typing in pinying is so much easier and faster. Fewer keystrokes.

[@kevintuazon8782]

Omg it works like a charm thank you so much 谢谢妳🤩🤩🤩

[@rodrigoasmith8727]

Which keyboard app can i download from playstore for chinese language??

[@SuAmazing]

Hey Grace, which is the name of the song that you put in 0:50-1:01, 1:30-1:44, 5:01-5:25? i look in the description and checked all the songs but could not find this one

[@dashjbitz]

I'd like to ask what program or computer you were using in typing the Chinese characters that you can use automatic or predictive text. I can't seem to do that with MS Word. I tried both the Simplified and Traditional using pinyin input method.

[@drogazmiany4132]

Thank you very much. How can I write characters with pinyin and tones?

[@josephmak0865]

I just use 手寫輸入法to type:謝謝老師

[@TulekBehar]

太棒了！ I use both pinyin and zhuyin. Ask me how. These are phonetic keyboards. There are also the components keyboards. Cangjie input is amazing on GBoard for Android. On Windows 10 Microsoft Changjie is failing with some simplified . Cangjie input should cover all characters, conveniently also Cantonese

[@judeniroshan2642]

grace... what is the easiest language...english or chinees?

[@kenaidiun3736]

谢谢老师，这是我第一打中文字。。。

[@jessicag630]

What is the best keyboard app for android for typing in Chinese? Any recommendation? Gboard is not good at all. Unfortunately, that is the preinstalled app on my phone.

[@paperkittycat8091]

迅飞输入法 搜狗输入法

[@RealeaD]

Hello. Thank you for your videos. ONE thing: suddenly hanzi options are not appearing when I type pinyin on MS word. What should I do? Did I accidentally hit some key combination? Deleted and reinstalled Chinese keyboard, but no difference.

[@susubii]

谢谢你! it helped me a lot !!

[@LGEescuela]

Hi Grace or anyone, isn't there any more intuitive Zhuyin imput method for Windows? Congratulation for your videos.

[@NihaoAlgg]

Hi, what is the app/tools for typing? I am so confused

[@jimaylan6140]

One more tip I found out for pinyin the computer (probably works for zhuyin as well) is that when typing two character combinations, if you hit left arrow twice so the cursor is before the first character, and then hit down arrow, you get choices for both characters at the same time. For example, if you type "shijian", using this method, you can then choose between 時間 and 事件, without having to scroll through the many, many characters for shi. Both 時間 and 事件 will appear near the top of the list. Maybe I didn't explain it well, but just try typing a two character combination and hit left arrow twice before hitting down arrow, and you'll see what I mean.

[@mendosi]

One thing I've never quite been able to work out is if there is a way you can type a word using 注音輸入法 on Mac if you aren't sure of the tone, or whether you just need to guess until you find the right tone.

[@littlepole323]

I think this is the only reason why I haven't learned zhuyin yet, I so often find myself in doubt of whether the tone is correct or not 😂

[@mendosi]

Advantage of the iOS input method rules, or a third-party 注音 input...

[@小姐安]

Grace老师，您好，我想问你一下，在台湾你知道在哪里可以买简体版小说吗？我在高雄，我这里已经去了书局，他们都没有。

[@dear_diary_days]

Hi how do you get the pinyin on the onscreen keyboard? I'm not able to see pinyin on my onscreen keyboard so wondering if you can help

[@colorwheel960]

Great video! Thank you!!

[@mahalmaribel6763]

Hello Ms. Grace...! Are you related to Ms. Alice Guo who's holding goverment position in the Philippines?

[@JosiahGonzales-m8f]

谢谢你 非常有帮助！

[@ItayAI]

Is it possible to control the tones with the first method?

[@TennisGvy]

My MIL uses wubi method, how difficult is that for learners?

[@brownixgamer]

谢谢你。It's very useful.

[@jae_pmin]

谢谢老师✨️

[@EDITMODE]

谢谢你帮我们 🌸

[@Travelingjoe]

I have a few coworkers who use a cangjie keyboard... tempted to attempt but looks too intimidating 😅

[@kookyyt3957]

Hi grace your videos are helping us a lot, and I personally love them, but can you speak hokkien (Taiwanese) , it's my ancestral language, but it's hokkien from Xiamen, an also what are differences between these two (xiamen,taiwanese), I know it's far from the topic, but I just wanna know l, anyways love your videos

[@李世鎬]

I already have learnt Cangjie 5 for Mandarin, Cantonese, and Classical Chinese.

[@gayatri-ydkh]

What should i do if i require a ü with a third tone? How do i type this pinyin? Please help.

[@mrlinuxosu7757]

Do you think typing in zhuyin is actually faster than in pinyin, or viceversa? I type in both and, despite I type faster on pinyin because I'm used to it, I think if I practice some more in zhuyin I could type faster. What do you think? BTW, great video!

[@yj8628]

你想更快，你可以试试双拼输入法，双拼输入法是指汉字的声母、韵母各用一个字母(或个别符号)代替构成的拼音编码。采用这种拼音输入法输入汉字时，用户只需要击键两次便可以键入一个汉字的拼音。例如小鹤双拼，输入“中国”的“中”字，可键入vs完成字音输入。主流的双拼方案包括小鹤双拼、微软拼音2003、智能ABC、拼音加加、紫光双拼、自然码。在主流的智能输入法中都可以选取并使用以上双拼方案。在选择双拼方案的时候重点是看双拼键位设定是否合理，中文输入十指击键移动范围是否最小，是否有双拼方案对应的辅助码。

[@moonbycul]

i didn’t know about this! 谢谢你

[@ashirahelat4749]

What is the best site to access pinyin keywords on American computer

[@purplelover_only]

you are so great thx

[@guagua8013]

謝謝Grace.

[@fabiolafigueroa7613]

Ħ this really helps!

[@fabiolafigueroa7613]

Or is not chin anise😢

[@overflowchung7347]

谢谢老师 我喜欢妳的影片

[@kantilalmhaske1298]

谢谢您老师。

[@JohnFekoloid]

In James Bond movie, Tomorrow Never Dies, the Chinese woman was using a PC keyboard with only Chinese characters printed on the keys. Are those characters Chinese letters or complete words?

[@superwalnuts2855]

打拼音时，除了打数字或者打击数字以外，有没有什么更快的选择汉字办法呢？

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

如果我需要一個漢字，我會想出一個包含那個字的詞彙，打那個詞，這樣我需要的漢字就會出來了（再把另一個不需要的字刪掉） ---- 如果我需要一个汉字，我会想出一个包含那个字的词汇，打那个词，这样我需要的汉字就会出来了（再把另一个不需要的字删掉）

[@superwalnuts2855]

@@GraceMandarinChinese 挺有道理，谢谢老师

[@NickyDIY101]

imagin back to before computer age, chinese typing system would be very very difficult

[@吉川庫郎]

還有倉頡速成越獄拼音手寫筆劃呢？

[@ivory5891]

谢谢你老师

[@massiveidiot3587]

basically zhuyin is equivalent of hiragana/katakana of Japanese for being converted to kanji

[@theilliad4298]

Do some people only use voice to chat?

[@hal-c]

But most people learning Mandarin don't have a keyboard with zhuyin symbols on them. So are you supposed to just memorize which key goes with which character?

[@thebookinthehead4573]

Can anyone recommend an easy and free to download Chinese keyboard application for Windows laptops? Preferably one that uses the Pinyin input method

[@3ie935]

Actually, Windows already has different keyboard languages. Here are the steps to getting the Chinese Pinyin keyboard: 1: go to Settings 2: select Time an Language 3: click Language 4: when you scroll down there should be a plus symbol with "add language" next to it. click add language 5: in the searchbar type chinese 6: click on Chinese (Simplified, China) 7: click next 8: click on download and wait for it to finish Now you have the Chinese keyboard! Whenever you want to type in chinese keep the windows icon on you laptop pressed and press once on the spacebar. A little window should appear on the right side of you screen which shows your languages. To quickly switch between English and Chinese press shift once. ( please note that you are typing the simplified characters. If you want to use traditional characters just reply and I'll help you!) Hope this helps!

[@thebookinthehead4573]

@@3ie935 Thanks @:3 ie, I've been able to sort it out and I have all I need now 谢谢你!

[@Layput]

where to get that app in microsoft?

[@a-sam8151]

Nice👍谢谢

[@meeks9603]

What do you do if you don't know how to pronounce the character you want to type? I can use handwriting input on my phone, but what about the computer?

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

I’ll look it up on the internet, for example, if I don’t know how to pronounce “睇”, I’ll google “左邊一個目 右邊一個弟 發音（左边一个目 右边一个弟 发音）” then it would show up. And for the characters that are hard to separate, I’ll just use handwriting on my phone to find it’s pronunciation. There probably are easier ways to do this😂 This is just how I normally do it:)

[@zonx.]

谢谢🙏

[@muhammadjonismailov6196]

thank you for tool

[@ark8395]

谢谢你

[@Waterlogged_Ricefield]

你好 guys I just typed in mandarin for the first time

[@Sydney-ij2qq]

他有

[@groverchiri4031]

很有用

[@hannahmcgrenera205]

Great video thank you. Do you have any sites that are fun for new learners to learn to type besides 10 fast fingers please? I've learned to type English with Mavis Beacon, it was fun and basic. Thank you.

[@Weejee456]

omg my mind is blown. ive seen my friend type with just a number pad, how does that work?

[@vamst9]

I type Chinese with a number pad as in Array 10 input method. But I'm not sure if it's what you've seen.

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

😳 I've never seen people typing only with that. I don't know lol Maybe you can ask your friend and let us know :))

[@vamst9]

@Xiao Jian I not familiar with pinyin so I'm not sure which is faster. Array 10 is good for single hand typing and lower the chance of hitting the wrong key.

[@uisuaiun3040]

That must be nine key input. The 26 letters are represented by nine numbers, from 1 to 9. Those numbers are in a 3x3 grid. 1 does not represent any letter, only the number 1. 2 represents ABC, 3 represents DEF, 4 represents GHI, 5 represents JKL, 6 represents MNO, 7 represents PQRS, 8 represents TUV, 9 represents WXYZ. When you want to input "nihao", just press 64426, it will display some choices , then you find "你好". Similarly, "xiexie" = 943943,谢谢. When you master it, it will become very fast

[@ying6726]

It could be based on the roman alphabet or it could be based on the 5 different strokes for Chinese characters, and they have the stroke orders memorized

[@walkingair97]

非常好！😁😁😁❣🤜🤛