This page allows you to easily type Pinyin (a romanization system for Mandarin Chinese) without a Pinyin keyboard. It can also be used to write Yale romanization for Cantonese. You can edit your text in the box and then copy it to your document, e-mail message, etc.
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Press 1 2 3 4 after a vowel (a e i o u ü) to add the 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th tone mark to it. Press the key again to type the digit 1 2 3 4 instead. To type ü, press Alt + U.

Stop the mouse over each button to learn its keyboard shortcut.

Shift + click a button to insert its upper-case form. Alt + click a button to copy a single character to the clipboard.

You can select text and press Ctrl + C to copy it to your docu­ment. In your target document, press Ctrl + V, or, if you want to paste the text without formatting, try Ctrl + Shift + V.

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Type Pinyin characters without a Pinyin keyboard?  

       
Shift + button for upper case
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