Space first choice · 1–9 pick · −/= ↑/↓ page · Enter keep letters · Esc cancel · Tab ✨ AI sentence · Shift 中/EN · ' split syllables (xi'an) · v = ü (lv) · 🎤 Ctrl+M speak · 🔎 Ctrl+Enter search
Space first choice · 1–9 pick · −/= ↑/↓ page · Enter keep letters · Esc cancel · Tab ✨ AI sentence · Shift 中/EN · ' split syllables (xi'an) · v = ü (lv) · 🎤 Ctrl+M speak · 🔎 Ctrl+Enter search
Use Chinput for Chinese input online without installing an IME. Type Mandarin pinyin such as nihao, choose 你好, and copy the Chinese characters into your email or document. This online pinyin keyboard supports Simplified and Traditional Chinese, with handwriting input and browser-dependent Mandarin or Cantonese voice typing.
Pinyin online typing guide · Chinese handwriting input and voice-to-text help · Traditional Chinese keyboard and character conversion
中文在线输入法：不用下载，输入拼音选汉字，支持在线手写输入与简繁转换。查看中文输入指南。
Office, church, school and library computers often block installing a Chinese keyboard. This runs in the browser, with no install, no plug-in and no admin rights.
Speak Mandarin or Cantonese where your browser supports it, or type pinyin without tones or just initials (wsh → 晚上). Check candidates before choosing.
Write or speak in English or your own language, draw the character, or describe it by its Cantonese sound or its parts.
Simplified or Traditional (Taiwan, Hong Kong), Chinese punctuation, pinyin over characters, read-aloud to check, one-click copy.
Open Chinput in any browser, click the text box and type pinyin without tones (nihao → 你好). Press Space for the first word or 1–9 for others. Nothing is installed, so it works on locked-down office, school, library and church computers.
用浏览器打开 Chinput，在文本框里输入不带声调的拼音（nihao → 你好），按空格选第一个词，按 1–9 选其他词。不用安装任何软件，公司、学校、图书馆和教会的电脑都能用。
Yes, it's free and needs no account. Pinyin typing, handwriting and stroke order run in your browser.
Yes. Switch between 简体 (Simplified), 繁體 台 (Taiwan) and 繁體 港 (Hong Kong) at the top; your text and the candidates follow.
Yes. Use 🎤 Speak for Mandarin, 國語 or Cantonese voice typing, or the Draw tab to write a character with your mouse or finger.
可以。点 🎤 说普通话、国语或粤语，文字直接出现；也可以在“手写”里用鼠标或手指写字。
Type v: nv → 女, lv → 绿, lvse → 绿色.
Yes. Type a whole line in pinyin (chuangqianmingyueguang → 床前明月光) or its initials (cqmyg). About 34,000 lines of Tang and Song poetry are included, and there's a poem of the day.
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