Write Chinese Characters Using Pinyin and Microsoft's New Phonetic Input Method

Correcting Chinese Characters

Microsoft product screen shot reprinted with permission from Microsoft Corporation.

The input method will sometimes choose the wrong character. This happens more often when tone numbers are omitted.

In the diagram below, the input method has selected the wrong characters for the Pinyin “ren shi.” The characters can be selected using the arrow keys, then other “Candidate words” can be chosen from the drop-down list.

• Microsoft Windows Language Bar
• Click on the Language Bar
• Select Chinese (Taiwan) as your Input Language
• Toggle Between English and Chinese Input
• Begin Typing Pinyin in a Word Processor
• Correcting Chinese Characters
• Choosing the Correct Candidate Word
• Showing the Correct Chinese Characters