Intermediate - Chinese Input Methods (C2202)

A: 女儿,电脑怎么不能打字了?
nǚér, diànnǎo zěnme bùnéng dǎzì le?
Daughter, why can't the computer input characters?
B: 等一下,我看看。
děng yīxià, wǒ kàn kan.
Hold on a second. I'll check.
B: 哎呀,现在是英文模式,你切换到中文模式就好了。
āiyā, xiànzài shì Yīngwén móshì, nǐ qiēhuàn dào Zhōngwén móshì jiù hǎo le.
Oh no! Now it's the English setting. Change it to the Chinese setting and it should be okay.
A: 怎么切换?
zěnme qiēhuàn?
How do I change it?
B: 同时按“ctrl”和空格键。
tóngshí àn" ctrl” hé kònggéjiàn.
Press “Control” and the spacebar at the same time.
A: 哦,我试试。出来了,“全拼”。
ò, wǒ shì shi. chūlái le," quánpīn”.
Oh, let me try it. It's come up. “Quan Pin”.
B: 你电脑上还有别的输入法吗?
nǐ diànnǎo shàng hái yǒu bié de shūrùfǎ ma?
Does your computer have any other input methods?
A: 不知道。
bù zhīdào.
I don't know.
B: 同时按“shift”和“ctrl”可以切换不同的输入法。
tóngshí àn" shift” hé" ctrl” kěyǐ qiēhuàn bùtóng de shūrùfǎ.
Press “Shift” and “Control” at the same time to change to other input methods.
A: “shift”和“ctrl”。出来了。这个输入法好用吗?
" shift” hé" ctrl”. chūlái le. zhè gè shūrùfǎ hǎoyòng ma?
“Shift” and “Control”. It's come up. Is this input method good?
B: 不好用。
bù hǎoyòng.
It's not good.
A: 这个呢?
zhè gè ne?
How about this one?
B: 也不好用。我帮你下载个“搜狗”或者“Google”的输入法吧。
yě bù hǎoyòng. wǒ bāng nǐ xiàzǎi gè" Sōugǒu” huòzhě" Google” de shūrùfǎ ba.
It's not very good either. Let me help you download a “Sougou” or “Google” input method.
A: 怎么都是什么什么狗?把两个都下载下来吧。我比较一下哪个好用。
zěnme dōu shì shénme shénme gǒu? bǎ liǎng gè dōu xiàzǎi xiàlai ba. wǒ bǐjiào yīxià nǎ gè hǎoyòng.
Why are they all something something “gou”? Just download them both. I'll compare which one is better.
B: 好,老妈!
hǎo, lǎomā!
Okay, Mom!

Key Vocabulary

打字 dǎzì to type
模式 móshì mode
切换 qiēhuàn to switch over
同时 tóngshí simultaneously, at the same time
àn according to
空格键 kònggéjiàn spacebar
全拼 quánpīn “Quan Pin”, a computer input method
输入法 shūrùfǎ input method
不同 bùtóng different
好用 hǎoyòng easy to use
下载 xiàzǎi to download
搜狗 Sōugǒu Sougou, a Chinese character input program
或者 huòzhě or
to take
比较 bǐjiào to compare

Supplementary Vocabulary

飞行模式 fēixíng móshì airplane mode
睡眠模式 shuìmián móshì sleep mode
一边……一边…… yībiān ... yībiān ... used to express doing two actions at once
输入 shūrù to input
输出 shūchū to output
谷歌 Gǔgē Google
微软输入法 Wēiruǎn shūrùfǎ Microsoft input method
五笔输入法 Wǔbǐ shūrùfǎ Big 5 input method

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