Online Chinese Keyboard
Type Chinese with Pinyin right here in your browser — no installation, no sign-up. Type the pronunciation (tones optional), pick from the candidates, and copy your text when done. Prefer practicing full typing? Try our Chinese typing practice tool.
Type Chinese with Pinyin input
Space selects the first candidate · 1-9 pick · ←/→ turn pages · digits and punctuation type directly · Backspace deletes characters
What is an online Chinese keyboard?
An online Chinese keyboard is a web-based input method editor (IME): the piece of software that turns what you type on a QWERTY keyboard into Chinese characters. You type the Pinyin spelling of a word — for example nihao — and pick the matching characters (你好) from a candidate list. Nothing is installed, and your text never leaves the page until you copy it.
How to use this Chinese keyboard
- Type Pinyin without tones into the input box: nihao.
- Press Space to take the first candidate, or a number key 1–9 to pick another.
- Use ←/→ to see more candidates; Backspace fixes mistakes.
- Digits and punctuation go straight into your text; press Copy when you are done.
For whole paragraphs, keep typing syllable by syllable — the keyboard keeps your finished text in the output box above, so it also works as a quick Pinyin-to-Chinese converter.
Going the other way? If you already have Chinese text and want its pronunciation, use our Chinese to pinyin converter — paste it in and the reading appears above every word.
Web IME or your system's Chinese input method?
A web IME shines when you are on someone else's computer, a school machine, or a device where you cannot install software. For everyday typing, the Chinese keyboard built into your operating system is faster and learns your vocabulary: how to enable it on macOS · on Windows 10/11. Once it is set up, come back to practice typing Chinese with live character breakdowns.
On iPhone and Android
Both platforms ship a Chinese Pinyin keyboard in Settings. On a touch screen the system keyboard beats any web IME, so enable it there — then use this page on desktop or whenever you need to type Chinese on a machine you cannot configure.
FAQ
What is an online Chinese keyboard?
It is a web-based input method (IME). You type the pronunciation of a Chinese word in Pinyin letters on your normal keyboard, and the tool shows matching Chinese characters and words to pick from — so you can type Chinese on any computer without installing anything.
Can I convert Pinyin to Chinese here?
Yes — that is exactly what the keyboard does. Type or paste Pinyin without tone marks (for example nihao) and select the characters you mean from the candidate list. For whole-sentence conversion, type syllable by syllable and pick as you go. If you need the reverse — turning Chinese text you already have into its reading — the pinyin converter annotates every word with pinyin.
Do I need to type tones?
No. This keyboard matches fuzzy Pinyin without tone marks, which keeps typing fast. Where several characters share one pronunciation, they all appear in the candidate list and you choose the one you want.
How do I type ü (lv, nv)?
Use the letter v for ü: type lv for lǜ (绿) and nv for nǚ (女).
Can I use abbreviations?
Yes. For words of two or more syllables you can type just the first letter of each syllable, like ggqc for gonggongqiche (公共汽车, bus).
Does it work on Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android?
The keyboard works in any modern desktop browser. On phones we recommend enabling the system Chinese keyboard instead — it is more comfortable than a web IME on a touch screen. See our macOS and Windows setup guides.