Follow a short, hands-on lesson: find the symbols, enter a tone, choose a character, and build a word.
You will enter a pronunciation, choose a matching character and repeat. Use the on-screen keys or the standard Dachen positions on a physical keyboard.
Keep this lesson open beside the keyboard. No installation is needed.
Open keyboard in a new tabChoose Zhuyin · 注音 as the input method. Click the small symbols box below the text editor. This is where your phonetic input appears; the large editor holds the Chinese text you have selected.
Leave Learning mode on while you learn the keys. It helps guide input combinations. You can use the on-screen keys at any point.
Enter ㄋ, then ㄧ, then the third-tone mark ˇ. On the physical keyboard, use the keys below without Shift.
Characters sharing that reading appear beside the input. Find and click 你. It moves into the large editor, and the symbols box is ready for another syllable.
Now enter ㄏㄠˇ, then choose 好 from the candidates.
Your editor now contains 你好. Click Copy when you want to use it somewhere else. If you choose the wrong character, Undo lets you revise the editor.
With smart composition enabled, you can enter both readings before selecting a result: ㄋㄧˇㄏㄠˇ. Look for 你好 as a phrase. Candidate order may vary with the dictionary and your saved choices.
For longer text, expand the candidate list to see full phrases. If a composed sentence offers Edit words, you can change a word before inserting the whole sentence.
In the large text editor, Enter adds a new line. The same key can do a different job when the symbols box has focus.
This walkthrough follows the i2Bopomo keyboard’s Dachen layout and current candidate controls. For the writing conventions behind the input, see our tone guide.