Wubi method
| Wubi method | |||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 五筆字型輸入法 | ||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 五笔字型输入法 | ||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | five stroke character model input method | ||||||||||||
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| Alternative Chinese name | |||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 王碼 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 王码 | ||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Wang's code | ||||||||||||
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | wǔbǐ zìxíng shūrùfǎ |
| Wade–Giles | wupi tzuhsing shujufa |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Jyutping | ng5bat1 zi6jing4 syu1jap6faat3 |
| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | wáng mǎ |
| Wade–Giles | Wang ma |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Jyutping | Wong4 maa5 |
The Wubizixing input method (simplified Chinese: 五笔字型输入法; traditional Chinese: 五筆字型輸入法; pinyin: wǔbǐ zìxíng shūrùfǎ; literally: "five stroke character model input method"), often abbreviated to simply Wubi or Wubi Xing, is a Chinese character input method primarily for inputting simplified Chinese and traditional Chinese text on a computer. Wubi should not be confused with the Wubihua (五笔画) method, which is a different input method that shares the categorization into five stroke types with Wubi.
The method is also known as Wang Ma (simplified Chinese: 王码; traditional Chinese: 王碼; pinyin: Wáng mǎ; literally: "Wang's code"), named after the inventor Wang Yongmin (王永民). There are three Wubi versions that are considered to be standard: Wubi 86, Wubi 98, Wubi 18030 and Wubi New-century (the 3rd-generation Version). The latter three can also be used to input traditional Chinese text, albeit in a more limited way. Wubi 86 is the most widely known and used shape-based Input Method for full letter keyboards in Mainland China. If it is frequently needed to input traditional Chinese characters as well, other input methods like CangJie or ZhengMa may be better suited to the task, and it is also much more likely to find them on the computer one needs to use.
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