Demo

Type Pinyin in your browser

Try Murmur’s Pinyin input method right in your browser. The full dictionary is in the app; see the input method section on the home page for how to install it.

Chinese

The candidate window matches the app: five candidates per page, with the current one’s number in coral.

  • 1to5pick a candidate
  • Spaceconfirm the highlighted one (the first by default)
  • Deletepress once within 1.5 s of confirming to turn the word back into Pinyin and choose again
  • Shifttap on its own to switch between Chinese and English; any half-typed Pinyin is kept as letters
  • -=previous page, next page
  • ,.enter the highlighted candidate followed by the punctuation mark
  • Returnenter the Pinyin letters as typed
  • Escclear the Pinyin (if next-word suggestions are showing, close them first)

Delete does not undo a next-word suggestion, punctuation, or letters entered with Return.

Want it on your Mac? Download the Mac app, then install it from Settings → Input Method → the “Input method” card.