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Funny how the Chinese have to use that 26-letter alphabet too, because you can't put thousands of characters on a keyboard.
by zirgs 4y ago
Funny how the Chinese have to use that 26-letter alphabet too, because you can't put thousands of characters on a keyboard.
- DiogenesKynikos 4y agoSmartphones have changed this. You can write characters directly on a touchscreen. It's not as popular of an input method as pinyin, but it's not uncommon either. There's also Bopomofo, as an alternative to pinyin input.[0] 0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bopomofo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bopomofo
- zirgs 4y agoWriting characters on a touchscreen seems horrible.
- gastlygem 4y agoYou can write the most sloppy cursive Chinese character and your phone would recognize them just fine. Together with text prediction it's quite easy to get 40 characters per minute (probably equivalent of 80wpm in English), much faster than most people writing on paper.
- nayuki 4y agoChinese doesn't have to use A-to-Z with Pinyin. There are input methods like Cangjie, Wubi, Bopomofo, 1-to-9 stroking on number pads, and handwriting. But yes, pinyin A-to-Z is the most pragmatic for many reasons.