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Questions tagged [chinese]

Questions relating to the Chinese language and fonts

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How do I get Chinese input to work?

How do I configure Ubuntu to input Chinese?
davidyu
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Ubuntu 22.04 Chinese (simplified) pinyin input support

There are well over a decade's worth of mutually incompatible instructions for setting up basic pinyin input on previous versions of Ubuntu. People make lots of claims about needing to do now obsolete rubbish, which means that many people (including…
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Installing SOGOU 搜狗拼音

SOGOU (搜狗) is a popular Chinese input software. For Ubuntu 14.04, they worked with the team of Ubuntu Kylin to create a linux version of their software. It's based on FCITX input software, which is developed by the FCITX TEAM on launchpad. I…
SrvfUser
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Chinese fonts are not visible in programs installed in Wine

I have installed Wine on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. When I run any program containing Chinese fonts, it shows some box type structure. Tried: update, installing Chinese fonts in Ubuntu, adding Chinese language under system settings. None of them worked.
Jobayer Shajal
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How do I change the default Chinese font?

I've installed two Chinese fonts from the repos: UMing and UKai. I like better how UKai looks, but the default font picked by Ubuntu (when selecting a non-Chinese font) is UMing. For example, my desktop font is Droid Sans, but the Chinese caracters…
Arturo Torres Sánchez
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Type chinese PinYin with tones

I am trying to write chinese characters and pinyin with indicated tones. Setting up chinese Characters with pinyin input was failry easy. Just adding Chinese as a language and then Chinese - Simplified for the Keyboard Input. But now I would also…
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can't type Chinese on slack

I am relatively new to Ubuntu. I found out that I can't type Chinese in Slack but can elsewhere. Can't figure out why. Any one has the same problem? My ubuntu is 18.04
Lianyu
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Selecting a number does not always return a Chinese character with ibus pinyin

I use Intelligent Pinyin Keyboard1 with ibus in Ubuntu to input Chinese characters into my document. The input-method is designed in such a way that one types the pinyin associated with a character, and then one can select it from a list of…
Patrick Trentin
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How can I install Chinese fonts on Kubuntu 14.04

I'd like to see Chinese characters, such as this one.
Mitch
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How to install Chinese input in English Ubuntu

I haven't found the right setting for Chinese input, IBus pinyin. If I want to write "ni hao" the correct alternative shows up after writing "nih" (as second alternative). But if I continue writing "niha" or "nihao" it will show something like "你哈".…
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A better input method for Chinese in Emacs?

I would like to type Chinese in Emacs. I followed this link, and tried several input methods including chinese-py. It seems that, unlike normal IME of an operation system, it is not possible to type more than 1 character one time. We have to type…
SoftTimur
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Chinese Font in Firefox 98.0 (Snap version)

Firefox 98.0 (Snap version) does not support Chinese characters. For reference, https://hk.yahoo.com/ is render as This should be fixable by changing the default font in "Preferences". Unfortunately, no font that support Chinese characters is…
Raniere Silva
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How do I get traditional chinese input with pinyin on Ubuntu 20.04?

I'm trying to find a pinyin input method for traditional chinese that works on Ubuntu 20.04. A lot of similar questions on askubuntu are from around 9 years ago, and the answers no longer seem to fully apply. If I go to the language support panel…
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How can I see Chinese characters in the Windows Subsystem for Linux terminal?

I installed Ubuntu 18.04 via Windows Subsystem for Linux using these official instructions. I'm trying to get the Ubuntu terminal to show Chinese characters, like this: ronald@LAPTOP-FLRIMKMQ:~$ 你你 However, that ends up looking like this: Or, in…
Ronald Ching
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Convert Ubuntu installation to Kylin

How can I convert my existing Ubuntu installation into Ubuntu Kylin? Will just changing the repositories do the trick?
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