Type Chinese online with this free pinyin input method (IME). Type the pronunciation in English letters and choose the Chinese character you need — simplified Chinese, no install required.
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💡 Chinese Keyboard (Pinyin) tips: Type pinyin with English letters (e.g. "ni hao"), then pick the character you want from the candidates. Press 1–9 to choose, Space for the first candidate.
Frequently asked questions
Use the Pinyin input method: type the pronunciation with English letters — for example "ni" for 你 — and choose the character from the live candidates with a click or the number keys 1–9. Type "ni hao" to write 你好.
Pinyin is the romanization system for Mandarin Chinese. It writes Chinese sounds with Latin letters plus tone marks, e.g. nǐ hǎo. Every Chinese character can be typed through its pinyin, which is how Chinese input methods work on phones and computers.
Mandarin has about 400 syllables but thousands of characters, so one pinyin like "shi" can match 是, 时, 十, 事 and many more. The candidate bar shows the most common matches and you pick the right one.
Simplified Chinese (used in mainland China and Singapore) reduces strokes in many characters — 汉语 instead of 漢語. Traditional Chinese (Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau) keeps the classic forms. This keyboard focuses on simplified characters.