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Enter text
Chinese Phrasal Pinyin, Chinese Stroke, English
word, ABC, Number, and Symbol modes
You can enter text for some features, such
as Messages, Phonebook, or Calendar, by
using Phrasal Pinyin, and Stroke modes for
Chinese, and English word and ABC modes
for English. You can also enter numbers and
symbols.
Changing the text input mode
• Press the right soft key and select the
text input mode you want.
• Press and hold [ ] to quickly switch to
Symbol mode.
Using Chinese Phrasal Pinyin
mode
Pinyin is a system to enter Chinese words by
spelling them phonetically (how they sound)
using the Latin alphabet. With the Pinyin
input method, you can enter Chinese
characters by entering the Pinyin string
using the phone’s keypad.
Your phone provides you with Phrasal Text
Input (PTI) mode, an advanced Pinyin mode
which predicts not only words, but phrases
for your key presses. Using PTI mode, you
can also add new words or phrases to the
PTI dictionary.
Entering characters in Pinyin mode
1. Press the keys corresponding to the
phonetic spelling, referring to the letters
printed on the keys.
Example
: To enter
, press [
6
] and
[
4
] to enter ni.
2. Press [Left] or [Right] to select
alternative pinyins for the keys you have
pressed.
Phrasal Pinyin
(
)
Phrasal S Stroke
(
)
T Stroke (
)
Number (
)
Symbol
(No indicator)
English word (
)
ABC (
)
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