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day_li_ly t1_ixlo63l wrote

Reply to comment by tertius_decimus in Ignorant question to Asians by tertius_decimus

I use Pinyin (i.e. a romanization standard of Chinese characters) to type in an IME (input method environment). The IME suggests characters and words with that romanization from its database, which I can then select.

An average native Chinese speaker knows anywhere between 3000 and 8000 Chinese characters. For daily communication, 3000 is more than enough.

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tertius_decimus OP t1_ixlpbxn wrote

Oh, that's interesting to know, thanks for taking the time to elaborate on the topic!

[went googling IME]

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day_li_ly t1_ixlqhsp wrote

Just found out it's not input method environment but instead input method editor. How does this name make sense??

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tertius_decimus OP t1_ixlr0dz wrote

Haha, I think I 've dealt with less reasonable things in life.

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concentus7 t1_ixn9bky wrote

It's a piece of software that allows you to edit your input method, pretty straight forward.

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