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My Achilles heel for learning Chinese is typing and reading the characters, and I suspect they are two sides of the same coin - if I had to make the characters
by thrtythreeforty 4y ago
My Achilles heel for learning Chinese is typing and reading the characters, and I suspect they are two sides of the same coin - if I had to make the characters I'd be much better at memorizing them. All the learn-Chinese apps appear to gloss over this by letting you drag and drop the letters when writing.
How do you type Simplified Chinese on a phone? On a Linux/Mac desktop? I know it has something to do with an IME but this is one area of i18n that has never been explained to me.
- dafelst 4y agoThere are a few input methods, but as a native English speaker and complete novice, I found that pinyin input was the easiest for me. Basically you type the pinyin and you get suggestions for characters. Super easy if you know the pronunciation.
- thrtythreeforty 4y agoHmm. On one hand I like dodging having to learn to write it - I can memorize wǒ and ren. On the other hand I'm still stuck having to learn the characters, ha. What do native speakers prefer typing with? I'm never going to be a Chinese author, I just need to navigate chip documentation and message boards.
- danieltanfh95 4y agopinyin because remembering the exact stroke is a pain, plus pinyin is meant for rapid conversation.
- haneul 4y agoImo Skritter is the best iOS app for this.