Pinyin input method: Difference between revisions

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However, since all children in [[Mainland China]] are required to learn [[pinyin]] in school, pinyin is in fact very popular there.

Unlike stroke-based input methods, the pinyin method only requires the user to know how to speak Mandarin and be able to recognize the characters. It does not require the user to be able to construct the character from scratch as one would do in writing Chinese. This is both an advantage and a disadvantage. It is an advantage in that people will be able to type all the characters they can recognize. It is a disadvantage in that it may cause [[language attrition]] and skill loss in adults, and it may be a learning barrier for written Chinese in children.<ref>{{cite web|url=httphttps://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B01E1D9163EF932A35751C0A9679C8B63|title=Where the PC Is Mightier Than the Pen|last=Lee|first=Jennifer|date=2001-02-01|publisher=[[New York Times]]|accessdate=2008-07-29}}</ref>

== Elements and features ==