Type your first Cantonese words using Jyutping. Enter a reading, choose the Chinese characters and learn the shortcuts used by the i2Bopomo keyboard.
The reading box turns Jyutping into candidate Chinese words. You choose the intended characters, then continue writing in the editor.
Start with this greeting. The keyboard accepts both the numbered reading nei5hou2 and tone-free neihou.
Open the Cantonese keyboard →Open the Cantonese keyboard and make sure the input method is Cantonese. Click its small phonetic input box. The large editor holds the Chinese text after you choose a candidate.
Enter nei5hou2 without pressing Space between syllables. On a learning page we write nei5 hou2 to make the syllable boundary easy to see. While typing on this keyboard, physical Space can select a candidate.
You can also try neihou. Tone-free input is convenient when you do not remember a tone, but it can leave more choices to distinguish. Dictionary coverage and candidate order vary by reading.
Look for 你好 and click it. Use the candidate paging arrows for more choices, or open the expanded candidate panel when you need more room to review them.
Space selects the first available candidate. Alt plus the displayed candidate number selects that visible choice. Ordinary number keys enter tone digits; they do not select a Cantonese candidate by themselves.
The selected word appears in the editor. Type another reading to add more text. Undo reverses a mistaken choice, and Copy copies the finished text.
Enter inserts a line break. Use a candidate click, Space or the Alt shortcut to choose the word before starting a new line.
唔該 can thank someone for a service or small favour, or politely get their attention. The first syllable is just m4; do not invent a vowel to fill the gap.
The keyboard also accepts mgoi. Choosing the characters is still part of the task: matching letters alone do not guarantee the meaning you want.
Proper names, specialist terms and uncommon expressions may be absent. The dictionary is a typing aid, not a guarantee of every possible word or pronunciation.
Reference checks: Linguistic Society of Hong Kong · Jyutping scheme, Jyutping questions and Jyutping sound reference. Explanations, study activities and diagrams here are original i2Bopomo learning material.