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How to use traditional chinese keyboard

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#1

Suggested Difficulty (Elementary etc): Elementary__
Video or Audio: Video__
Lesson Idea: Hi @Constance_Fang and Team,

This might only be of interest to a limited circle within the ChinesePod community. However when I came to Taiwan, I noticed that my gf was using a completely different, not Pinyin related way, of typing traditional Chinese into her phone. Here is a picture of how it might look like:

https://www.google.com/search?q=android+traditional+chinese+keyboard&sxsrf=ACYBGNR5SHuKPZ-6Y-wvZboeAlygaPaA0A:1572786903043&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj466blj87lAhXJYVAKHZ0cAUgQ_AUIFCgD&biw=1280&bih=832#imgrc=qTdf47BM9P6zZM:

Would it be possible, that you outline in an episode how to use this keyboard?

Greetings,

Niels

#2

Hi Niels,

Thank you for the interesting suggestion!
The keyboard method you mentioned is called “Zhuyin” input, as know as “Bopomofo”. It’s a phonetic system mainly used in Taiwan, while “Hanyu Pinyin” is the predominant system in mainland China. Since both of them are based on the same Mandarin pronunciations, there’s a one-on-one correspondence between two systems.

You can read more about it here:

Rebecca