English_Chinese Input Method

The English_Chinese input method requires up to fifteen keystrokes to type each Chinese word. English_Chinese maps the English word to a Chinese phrase. You can use the English_Chinese input method to type a Chinese phrase in both zh_CN.EUC and zh_CN.GBK locales.

A lookup area showing the characters that match the QuanPin input is displayed with each keystroke. If more than one option is available, you can type a period (.) to display the next page. Moving forward through the lookup choices and typing a comma (,) displays the next page moving backward. You can select the character you want by typing the label letter corresponding to the character in the lookup area.

Typing English_Chinese Text

This section describes how to create English_Chinese text.

The following figure shows how to use this input method to type the character representing the Engilsh word "world". The word requires five keystrokes. Type them and select the text as follows:

1. Type the five keystrokes world.

   

2. Type 3 to select the corresponding Chinese phrase in the lookup choice list.

   Your choice is substituted for the English string in the preedit area.

   

1. Wild characters "*"or "?" can be used to search in the dictionary," * " stands for one or several letters, and ? represents only one letter. For example, to search all English words which end with lution, you can input "*lution" and the lookup choice window appears as below.

   

   Or to search all English words which begin with "c", and only three letters, you can input "c??", the lookup choice window appears as below: