Method pinyin

The expression method pinyin (拼音輸入法, pīnyīn shūrùfǎ) returns to a family of methods of encoding of the Chinese writing based on the method of romanisation " Pinyin ".

In its basic methods, the method pinyin makes it possible a user to produce Chinese characters while entering the text pinyin correspondent with this Chinese character (with or without sign of intonation, according to the system). The user then sees himself proposing a list of characters corresponding to this pronunciation (Chinese comprises many Homophone S). Many systems exist, slightly different from/to each other, and of the very sophisticated developments sometimes are sometimes proposed.

Variations

The various methods of encoding pinyin can dissociate from/to each other by several aspects, of which:

encoding of the character " ü" : this one generally requires a complex combination of encoding, variable according to the systems. Manifestly, in Microsoft Hanyu pinyin system, " ü" entered while typing " v.". For example, 女 (woman) would be typed " nv."
management of the tonality: the encoding of let us tons can be obligatory (帶調), or optional (不帶調). The choice of characters proposed will be however generally larger.
many natures to be converted: in the simplest systems, only one character is converted at the same time; in more complex, two or more characters can be converted units.

Facilities suggested

Many system baseds on the method of encoding pinyin provide facilities to increase the speed of encoding. Among most widespread:

to allow the user at the same time to generate more than one Chinese character;
proposals for Chinese natures after each entry (ex: association 聯想)
to adjust the classification of the possible Chinese characters, according to the frequency of appearance of the known as character, the context;
to authorize the user to omit the complete encoding for certain typical characters;
to authorize a user who does not speak perfectly Mandarin with intoduire about the slightly incorrect pronunciations (模糊音)

Some of these facilities can largely help with the encoding. For example, it is possible to obtain the Chinese writing for " concert" (音乐会) by encodant " simply; yyh" (instead of " yinyuehui" or " yīnyuèhuì" if necessary stressing). The encoding of longer words or sentences can still be accelerated if the system can recognize the words.

Advantages and disadvantages

The obvious advantage of the methods of encoding pinyin can be the facility of use of its training; for the people who have the practice of the pinyin will be able quickly to generate characters without particular formation.

For the people not speaking the Mandarin, the advantage becomes a disadvantage. For the people speaking Mandarin, the distinction between the noted sounds C and CH , S and HS , Z and zh , N and ng , or H and L does not pose a problem, which is not the case for the others. Systems tolerating of mauvases pronunciations however permetent to relativize this disadvantage.

See too

Internal bonds

External bonds

51 Guilin - page HTML allowing the conversion of pinyin into Chinese characters (Javascript with dimensions customer)
Chinese Input Method Editor online - page HTML allowing the conversion of pinyin into Chinese characters (Javascript with dimensions customer)
/Sino Input Method Online (input Chinese using Pinyin method without installation)

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