How to Type Chinese Characters on Any System
Windows
macOS
OSX Lion and above:
https://chinese.yabla.com/type-chinese-characters.php?platform=mac
Linux
iOS
iOS:
1. Going to: Settings > General > Keyboard > Keyboards
2. Click: “Add New Keyboard…”
3. Click: “Chinese (Simplified)”
4. Click: Either “Pinyin - QWERTY” or “Pinyin - 10 Key”
5. Go to anywhere where you can type and press and hold the world button on the keyboard to switch to the Chinese keyboard.
Android
Android:
Download "Gboard" - the Goolegle Keyboard
1. Go to "Play Store"
2. Download "Gboard" - the Google Keyboard
Set Up "Gboard"
1. Go to: Settings > General Management > Language and input
2. Click "On-screen keyboard"
3. CLick "Gboard"
4. Click "Languages"
5. Click "Add Keyboard"
6. Scroll down and find "Chinese", clik it
7. Select "Chinese (Simplified)"
8. Select "Pinyin" or "9key" and click "done" ("Pinyin" is full keyboard input; "9key" is more convenient for use with only one hand and is more popular among native Chinese speakers)