Typing in Chinese online (on somebody else's PC or work PC?)

[atitarev]

Is this possible at all?

There are online keyboards for many languages but I haven't seen one for Chinese. Say, a Chinese friend doesn't have administrative rights on his/her PC and can't install the language support? Is there a way to type in Chinese using an online tool without having to download and install anything?

Edited February 1, 2010 at 04:57 AM by atitarev

[skylee]

mdbg -> http://us.mdbg.net/chindict/webime_select.php

Inputking -> http://www.inputking.com/

[atitarev]

That was quick, thank you, Skylee!

[roddy]

There's also InputKing, Chinese-tools.com has one - there are a few dotted about. Might also be worth having a search for '在线输入法' - there are presumably tools aimed at the Chinese market which could be better.

Are there any that will run off a pen drive? I guess in a corporate environment you might not be able to do that, but could still be useful.

[atitarev]

InputKing looks awesome too, thanks, Roddy!

[Hofmann]

Are there any that will run off a pen drive?

CantoInput (has Pinyin.)

[trien27]

I've seen one with Zhuyin fuhao on a Taiwanese friend's computer keyboard.

Bopomofo keyboard

I used to download Chinese software online or ask Chinese friends and borrow Chinese language input software to use to put on another friend's computer.

or I'll use "http://www.nciku.com"'s handwritten software or "http://www.mgdb.com's online input software" or "http://www.yellowbridge.com's input software", etc...

[BrandeX]

also fireinput addon for Firefox

[stelingo]

Very useful. Thanks for the links.

[HashiriKata]

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Are there any that will run off a pen drive?

CantoInput (has Pinyin.)

Has anyone else tried this? I downloaded the jar file, double-clicked it but nothing happened. I'm in Windows XP.