Cool New App: Quick Pinyin Keyboard for iPhone and iPad
Quick Pinyin Keyboard has just been released in the App Store! If you’re learning Chinese, you know how helpful pīnyīn can be. It’s a great way to be able to read Chinese out load. But how do you type pīnyīn on the iPhone or iPad? The answer is Quick Pinyin Keyboard. While the built-in iOS keyboard will let you type the 1st, 2nd, and 4th tones by holding down on a vowel key, there is no way to access the 3rd tone mark. That’s where Quick Pinyin Keyboard shines. It gives you a full keyboard dedicated to typing pīnyīn. For all you zhōngwén xuésheng this is an app you want.
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Pinyin Input makes typing pinyin with tone marks on your iOS device quickly.
- Pinyin keyboard, simple design, quick type. “Allow Full Access” is not required.
- Today widget, tap the tone marks to copy it into the pasteboard, you can paste it anywhere.

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