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Two ways to type pinyin with tones - great tools to learn Chinese

Friday, April 14th, 2006

So you are learning Chinese and you know what Chinese Pinyin is, but you wonder how you can type those Pinyin tones on your computer, right? There are many ways to do that, here we introduce you two easiest solutions. Have fun learning Chinese! Have fun learning Pinyin!
Copy and paste the text for conversion: (For example: wo3 hui4 shuo1 zhong1 wen2, use v0 for ü or v1-4 for ΓΌ with tones)

 

Chinese Pinyin converted as Unicode:

  


If you are using MS Word 97 or later version, the unicode support are built in, and that will allow you type Chinese Pinyin with four tones. There are many ways to key in these tones. The most convenient way to do this that I figured out is by employing a Macro. The macro helps you to convert a combination of roman letters and arabic numbers (ex: ni3 hao3 ma1, zhang1) into correct toned pinyin automatically. You can assign a short key to your Macro, so with a click you will get your toned pinyin text.

1. Save the following macro text files:
unicodepinyin.txt(convert pinyin with numbers to unicode pinyin font)
unicodeback.txt (convert unicode pinyin font back to pinyin with numbers)
2. Use notepad to open unicodepinyin.txt
3. Edit, Select all, Copy
4. Close notepad
5. Open Word
6. Click Tool, Macro, Macros
7. Type ‘unicodepinyin’ in Macro name window
8. Click Create
9. Press Control and V at the same time to paste codes
10. Click File, Close and return to Microsoft Word
The macro unicodepinyin is created.
Follow the same procedure to create ‘unicodeback’ macro. (Name the new macro ‘unicodeback’)

You can also take advantage of our online pinyin conversion tool by clicking “online pinyin conversion” on the “pages” section of this website.

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