How To Add Chinese Keyboard To Mac?

Most Mac users like to add Chinese language input method to Mac OS X. Then, you can use Chinese keyboard on Mac to type Chinese characters. There are so many Chinese input methods for Mac OS X. If you haven't found the best Chinese input method for your Mac, then you may want to read this article carefully. Here I will brief you about how to add Chinese keyboard to Mac step by step. Hope my blog is useful for you!

Chinese is the most difficult language in the world. You may wonder to know that, each character of Chinese language consist of multiple series of stroke. There are around 56,000 characters in the dictionary of Chinese. This ancient language is all over the world.

Chinese keyboard has many features that are useful for users who know Chinese or want to learn Chinese. This keyboard is suitable for both Mac and Windows.

Adding a Chinese keyboard to Mac is very simple. There's just a couple of easy steps to get you set up. In this article, you will learn the simplest way of adding a Chinese keyboard to your Mac. So let’s get started.

Setting Up Chinese Keyboard on Mac

For setting up a Chinese keyboard on your Mac;

• Go to the menu by clicking on the apple logo at the top of the window.
• Select the system preferences option.
• Go to language and region, there you will see the keyboard preferences.
• Click on Keyboard Preferences.
• Click to the input source on the keyboard preferences.
• Click the add (+) button which is situated at the bottom of the window.

Add button will open a new window where you can select the language. At the bottom of that new window, you will see a search bar. You can also scroll to find your desire language.

If you search for Chinese at the search bar. Two types of Chinese language will appear. One is Chinese Simplified and another is Chinese Traditional.

Simplified Chinese is characters are mostly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. On the other hand, Hong Kong, Macau or Macau people mostly use Traditional Chinese Characters. You can choose according to your preferences. At first;

• Select Chinese simplified as well as pinyin simplified.
• Press add

For alternative keyboard;

• Select Chinese Traditional and Pinyin tradition.
• Click add

Now you will notice a flag icon at the top corner of your MacBook screen.

Typing Chinese on your Mac

After adding a Chinese keyboard, you must check either you can type Chinese or not. For that;

• Click on shortcuts on the keyboard window.
• Go to input sources.
• Turn on the two key combination shortcuts given in the image.

You can also switch between all of the languages while using the keyboard. This will help you to type more efficiently. Now;

• Open a Word Document.
• Click on the flag icon at the top of your MacBook screen.
• At first, choose the Pinyin-Simplifies.
• Try to type something on the document.

When you start typing on the Word File you will see a box below your cursor. You can select your desire character from the box. You can also press the shortcut command space +(up or down) to switch between the different keyboards. For returning your previous keyboard;

• Press command shift + space

You can also draw Chinese characters by using trackpad handwriting. If you have a Touch Bar on your Mac, You can customize your Control Strip. Control Strip is available in some Mac. You can adjust some common settings such as brightness, volume, etc. using a control strip.

Summary: Add Chinese keyboard to Mac

• Go to the System Preferences menu (it may be in your Dock).
• Go to the Language & Region menu in System Preferences.
• Select the "+" symbol under the "Preferred languages" section and choose "Chinese" from the menu.
• Select "Pinyin - Simplified" and then click "Add" to confirm your selection.