Using Chinese Pinyin Mode - Samsung SGH-E608 User Manual

Entering Text
To change to another text input mode:
1. Press the right soft key labelled with the
current mode.
2. Scroll to the mode you want by pressing the
Up or Down key.
3. To select the highlighted mode, press the
Select soft key.
Note: If you want to exit the menu without
changing to a new mode, press the right
soft key.
4. The selected text input mode indicator
appears at the bottom of the display.
• Chinese Pinyin mode →
• Chinese Simplified Stroke mode →
• Quick English mode →
• English mode →
• Chinese Traditional Stroke mode →
• Number mode →
• Symbolic mode → No Indicator
• My Words mode → No Indicator
• Help mode → No Indicator
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Using Chinese Pinyin Mode

Pinyin is a system to write the pronunciation of
Chinese words using the Latin alphabet. With the
pinyin input method, you can enter Chinese
characters by keying in the Pinyin string from
the phone's keypad and the phone automatically
presents the matching words.
This mode allows you to enter Pinyin characters
with only one key press per letter.
Typing Characters in Pinyin Mode
1. Press the keys corresponding to the phonetic
spelling, referring to the alphabets printed on
the keys. Notice that the choices in the
Character Selection Field change. All of the
phonetic spellings corresponding to the keys
you press display.
Example: Typing "
Enter Name
OK
Character Selection
Field
2. Press the Left or Right key to select the Pinyin
you want.
Entering Text
" in Pinyin mode
Key Stroke Field
Press the 5 and 4
keys to enter "li."
To select "li", press
the Right key.
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