How do the Chinese type computers if they have thousands of characters in their language?
The Chinese use many different types of keyboards, and software to input data into systems. The majority of Chinese keyboards contain the letters of the Roman alphabet, as well as their Chinese character’s equal. They use the Roman alphabet as the basic first step for inputing data into computers. There are many different types of Chinese keyboards, and in comparison, they do not look, or function the same. The Chinese do not utilize a standard keyboard system similar to those found where more “basic” languages exist. The Pinyin method is much like text-edit on a cell phone. Software detects the use, and meaning of words in the sentence structure, then guesses the best word the user intends to type. A pop-up list of possible words may appear, if needed, and the user picks from the list of available words to implement in the text. Another widely used keyboard method is called Wubi. Users push in a sequence of keys related to how the characters are drawn. Software detects the intended wo
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