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Is it possible to type in Chinese characters?
Since Pinyin uses the Roman alphabet it can make it easier to add words to your tranlsation dictionary and gives you a good guide to pronouncing Mandarin Chinese words. To type in Pinyin you must first change your language settings in Windows (control panel) and install the Chinese Fonts.
How to insert non standard characters into almost.com?
The way I insert special and non-standard characters is to use these Alt+ ASCII keyboard shortcut codes that I’ve been mentioning all the way through this post. Hit Alt-0233 and you’ll get an é without having to click all over the screen, copy and paste.
Why do you use non standard English characters?
There are many reasons why you might want to type non-standard characters in your English documents / text / fields / whatever. Here are some of the reasons why I’ve done this myself:
How can I type Shang Dian in Chinese?
Example: if you change your Windows language keyboard settings for Chinese Pinyin, you can then type in the word store, which in Chinese Pinyin is shang-dian, you type in shang-dian and it will display the Chinese characters for this word.
How are the Chinese characters written in order?
•Alternative forms of characters are specified within parentheses – in which case “F” marks full (or traditional) forms, “S” marks simplified (or modern) forms and “A” marks alternative forms (mostly special numerals). •Pronunciation is specified according to Pinyin and written within brackets “[…]”.
Where do they use simplified characters in China?
Simplified forms of certain characters are used in mainland China, Singapore, and Malaysia; the corresponding traditional characters are used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, and to a limited extent in South Korea.
What kind of characters are used in Japanese?
In Japan, common characters are written in post-WWII Japan-specific simplified forms, while uncommon characters are written in Japanese traditional forms, which are virtually identical to Chinese traditional forms. In modern Chinese, the majority of Chinese words today consist of two or more characters.
How many Chinese characters are there in the Dictionary?
The total number of Chinese characters ever to appear in a dictionary is in the tens of thousands, though most are graphic variants, or were used historically and passed out of use, or are of a specialized nature.