Chinese ZhuYin keyboard Layout

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Chinese ZhuYin keyboard Layout

I live in Taiwan but type English with a US keyboard. In the past I used a traditional Chinese input method (I think ETEN something) that had an option that used a regular US keyboard layout and would adjust the Chinese phonetic symbols as I type. I can't find the settings to do that any more. If you know Chinese, here is an example:

I type	I see
J	ㄓ
JI	ㄐ
JIA	ㄐㄚ
JIAN	ㄐㄢ
JIANG	ㄐㄤ
1	江

Does anyone know where this input method went? Anyway to get the functionality back?

MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, 4 TBT3), macOS High Sierra (10.13.2)

Posted on Feb 20, 2018 3:17 AM

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Answer 1

Tom Gewecke

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Feb 20, 2018 10:32 PM in response to Dwight Johnson

PS After a little research, I am guessing you may want the old Zhuyin ershi IM, which got lost a number of years ago from Apple's stuff. I think the only way to get that back would be to explore non-Apple alternative Chinese IM's.

http://m10lmac.blogspot.com/2017/05/macos-alternative-input-methods-for.html

but someone in the chinese mac group may know better.

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Answer 2

Tom Gewecke

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Feb 20, 2018 10:32 PM in response to Dwight Johnson

Thanks for the clarification, I understand what you are after now. I suggest you ask on the Chinese Mac group, they can probably help

Google Groups

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Answer 3

Feb 20, 2018 3:47 AM in response to Dwight Johnson

Sorry, I entered the Chinese incorrectly. I want to type Pinyin on a US keyboard but see the Taiwan phonetic characters.

The Pinyin or romanized way to write 江 is jiang1

Here is the correction:

I type	I see
J	ㄓ
JI	ㄐㄧ
JIA	ㄐㄧㄚ
JIAN	ㄐㄧㄢ
JIANG	ㄐㄧㄤ
space	江

Now, using the Zhuyin-Eten input method, I have to type ge0space to get 江

Alternately, using the Zhuyin input method, I have to type ru;space to get 江

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Answer 4

Tom Gewecke

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Feb 20, 2018 7:54 AM in response to Dwight Johnson

Dwight Johnson wrote:

I want to type Pinyin

Then you should use the Pinyin - Traditional input source, not Zhuyin. Is Pinyin Traditional missing from your system preferences/keyboard/input sources when you use the + button and look in the Chinese Traditional category?

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Answer 5

Feb 20, 2018 5:56 PM in response to Tom Gewecke

Thanks for the response. There are two reasons I'm trying to do this.

One is that I'm more comfortable with the Zhuyin characters for pronunciation. The Q and Z in Pinyin still aren't natural to me. But I am also used to the QWERTY keyboard. The method I once had used fuzzy logic to figure out which pronunciation I was looking for as I typed a variety of characters that might be in one of the other romanization systems (Pinyin isn't the only one). It isn't locked into just hitting the exact keys to get the character.

Second, is a curiosity question. I used to have this input method that I found useful and now it seems to be gone. It isn't the first time Apple has removed something I found useful (.mac, iWeb, hypercard, etc). The Chinese dictation and input methods that I used in OS 9 and maybe in early X seem to be in this group of extinct tools. Does anyone know what happened to the old Chinese input methods and has any 3rd party picked up the functionality that apple dropped?

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Answer 6

Feb 20, 2018 10:32 PM in response to Tom Gewecke

Thanks for the redirection to the google group. I'll try that.

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