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Chinese input
Chinese input
This mobile phone has different input
methods for entering Chinese
characters:
•
Stroke input
•
Pinyin input
•
Bopomofo input
You can use these methods, for
example, to enter Chinese names
and Chinese short messages.
Switching between Chinese input
methods
In the Chinese editing mode, you can
select and switch quickly to another
input method by pressing and holding
.
General instructions
Regardless of which input method you
choose, your phone has a function
to speed up the entry of Chinese
characters. Whenever you enter a stroke,
a Bopomofo symbol or a Pinyin letter,
a candidate row of the most frequently
used characters containing that stroke,
symbol or relating to that letter appears
at the bottom of the screen.
If the character you want is not
displayed in the candidate row, press
to present another candidate row.
Continue pressing
until the character
you want is displayed. Alternatively, you
can enter the next stroke, Bopomofo
symbol or Pinyin letter and a new set
of characters will immediately be
displayed in the candidate row. To go
back to the previous row, press
. To
select a character in the candidate row,
press the navigation key or press and
hold the key corresponding to the
number above the character you want
to enter.
Stroke input
A Chinese character is built up of
strokes. There are more than 30 basic
strokes, which are grouped into 5 stroke
categories. Each category is
represented on the keypad by one of
the keys
–
. The Wild Card key
, is used when you are not sure of
which stroke to use.
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