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Type Mandarin pinyin on an Ipad with external keyboard

Can anyone tell me if it is possible to type Mandarin Pinyin tone marks on the iPad with an "External keyboard"?

Posted on Sep 12, 2020 2:11 PM

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Posted on Sep 13, 2020 2:40 AM

asrtf eargdfgs wrote:

Can anyone tell me if it is possible to type Mandarin Pinyin tone marks on the iPad with an "External keyboard"?

Yes, to do that you would go to settings > general > keyboard > hardware keyboard and tap over at the right edge and choose ABC Extended as your keyboard mapping. Then the tones can be made using option key shortcuts. Here is a chart


https://sites.psu.edu/symbolcodes/mac/codemacext/

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Sep 13, 2020 2:40 AM in response to asrtf eargdfgs

asrtf eargdfgs wrote:

Can anyone tell me if it is possible to type Mandarin Pinyin tone marks on the iPad with an "External keyboard"?

Yes, to do that you would go to settings > general > keyboard > hardware keyboard and tap over at the right edge and choose ABC Extended as your keyboard mapping. Then the tones can be made using option key shortcuts. Here is a chart


https://sites.psu.edu/symbolcodes/mac/codemacext/

Type Mandarin pinyin on an Ipad with external keyboard

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