Type Chinese using Shuangpin - Simplified on Mac
After you set up the Shuangpin - Simplified input source, you can enter Simplified Chinese characters using double-stroke Pinyin (Shuangpin) phonetic input codes. In Shuangpin, any initial consonant or vowel is mapped to a single letter. As a result, you can type any character with two keystrokes.
Note: All examples given below use the Default Shuangpin layout.
Enter Chinese characters using Shuangpin - Simplified
Shuangpin uses one letter for any initial consonant or vowel. Shuangpin - Simplified supports five different layouts. See View Shuangpin keyboard layouts.
On your Mac, switch to the Shuangpin - Simplified input source.
In an app, do any of the following:
Enter Pinyin: Type the input codes for the characters you want to use, then select the characters in the candidate window. For example, to enter 苹, type “py”, then select 苹 in the window.
Enter Full Pinyin (Quanpin): Type the input codes for the characters you want to use, then select the characters in the candidate window. For example, to enter 电脑, type “dwnk”, then select 电脑 in the window.
Enter Structural Pinyin (Chaizi): Type a Chaizi input code with two or more syllables, then press Shift-Space bar. For example, type “jiji”, then press Shift-Space bar. The candidate window opens, and the first candidates shown in the Composition pane are 喆, 兓, and 旣.
With structural Pinyin, each syllable of the input sequence is treated as the Pinyin for one of the components in the character (in order from left to right and top to bottom).
Enter English words: Enter an English word, then select the word in the candidate window. For example, type “ipad”, then select the word in the window. Proper nouns are automatically capitalized.
Enter characters without an initial consonant: To type a character without an initial consonant (such as 昂, 熬, 啊, or 哦), the input codes depend on which Shuangpin layout you set in Input Sources settings. Do one of the following:
Default, Sogou, or Weiruan Shuangpin: Type the letter o, then the letter representing the vowel. For example, to enter 昂 in the Default layout, type oh.
Pinyin Jiajia Shuangpin: Type the initial letter of the vowel, then the letter representing the vowel. For example, to enter 昂, type ag.
Changyong or Xiaohe Shuangpin: For vowels with one or three letters, type the initial letter of the vowel, then the letter representing the vowel. For example, to enter 昂, type ah. For vowels with two letters, type the full spelling of the vowel. For example, to enter 嗯, type en.
Show the keyboard layout: Click the Input menu in the menu bar, then choose Show Keyboard Viewer.
Enter Chinese characters using Stroke with Shuangpin - Simplified
On your Mac, switch to the Shuangpin - Simplified input source.
In an app, use a prefix key (U), followed (without a space) by the stroke input code for a character. For example, you can type the following:
Stroke within Shuangpin
Keyboard key
一
H
丨
S
丿
P
丶(乀)
N
乛(乙)
Z
*wildcard
X
If you type “Unnzzsh”, you get 字 as the first candidate.
You can also add words to your user dictionary to save time when you need to type the same word again.
You may need to change settings, for example, to show predictive completions, enable regional dialect support, or to change the orientation of the candidate window.