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Using the Chinese Pinyin Mode
Pinyin is a system to write the pronunciation of
Chinese word using the Latin alphabet. With the
Pinyin input method, you can enter Chinese
characters by keying in the Pinyin string using the
phone’s keypad. The phone automatically presents
the matching words.
This mode allows you to enter Pinyin characters with
only one key per letter.
Typing Characters in the Pinyin Mode
1. Press keys corresponding to the phonetic spelling,
referring to the Roman letters printed on the keys.
Notice that the choices in the Character Selection
Field change.
Example: Typing “
” in the Pinyin mode
Name:
Mode
PINYIN ni
Pinyin Input Field
Press and
to enter “ni.”
The Character Selection Field
Changing the Text Input Mode
Example: When you are entering a name
1. In the text entry screen, press the
Mode
soft key.
2. Scroll to the desired mode by pressing or
.
Note
: If you want to exit the Mode list without
changing to a new mode, press
.
3. To select the highlighted mode, press the
OK
soft
key.
You can change between
T9 Word
and
ABC
mode to enter English words and choose
Pinyin
or
Stroke
to enter Chinese characters. To include
a symbol or number(s) between characters,
Symbol
,
Symbol2
and
123
modes are also
available.
4. You will find the selected text input mode
indicator on the display.
Text input mode
indicator
