Simplified Chinese Solaris User's Guide

Separators

In accord with the national Pinyin standard, the separator (') is supported to avoid ambiguous interpretations of Pinyin strings. For example, the Pinyin string [jiang] can be interpreted as [jiang] or [ji][ang]; both are valid. In New QuanPin, however, [jiang] is interpreted only as [jiang]. You must use the separator and enter [ji'ang] for it to be interpreted as [ji] and [ang]. New ShuangPin does not require the use of separators.