Typing 略 in MS IME (please help)

[JimmySeal]

Sorry for the n00b question but...略 seems to have a rather strange pinyin representation: lüè. I've tried typing this into my IME as lve4, luue4, lu:e4, lue4, but can't get it to work right. How do I enter this pinyin combination?

[gougou]

lue works fine for me.

[JimmySeal]

So it does. Now I feel like even more of a doof. Sorry.

That must be close to a world record on response time on a new thread.

[roddy]

略 掠 略

I just typed lue and it popped up. Worked on both MS IME 3.0 and Sogou (which you might want to look at, much preferable. Do a search on here if interested)

Edit: I was only slower than gougou because I got looked up 圙 in Wenlin. It wasn't there.

[gougou]

That must be close to a world record on response time on a new thread.

We're all getting ready for the Olympics here!

Does anybody know why this happens, by the way? Is there no unified way of representing those characters in pinyin? My mobile phone has them as lve.

[JimmySeal]

zhongwen.com has it as luue on the "search by pronunciation" page, lüè on the search results page, and lvè on the character info page.

[889]

"圙 luè

——'圐圙' ( kūluè):蒙语指围起来的草场,现多用于村镇名称。现常用的译名为 '库伦.'"

http://zhidao.baidu.com/question/28290220.html

[lokki]

As far as I'm aware there isn't supposed to be any dots on the u in "lue".

It's the same rule as for "xu" or "qu". The pronunciation of u in that combination is always ü and so the dots are not necessary.

The umlaut ü character is only used in positions where both pronunciations are possible eg. "lü" and "nü" vs. "lu" and "nu".

[gougou]

That's what I thought. The 新华词典 does have the dots, though...

EDIT: I meant the 现代汉语词典.

[imron]

So does 现代汉语词典 but only over lüè and nüè and not over xu or qu or ju.

[gougou]

So does 现代汉语词典

That's the one I meant, actually...

[liyuheng]

if lue doesn't work, try lve.

Generally speaking, in Chinese IME v represents ü.