how do the Chinese type if they have different symbols for each word?
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They have a keyboard with various "strokes."  Once entering the appropriate strokes for a symbol, it combines them into one.  I'm to understand it's a bit annoying to use.
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There isn't a way to post Chinese characters here, LOL.\n\nYour best bet is to install the Chinese language pack and go to http://babelfish.altavista.com/ or http://www.freetranslation.com/ - then you'll be able to translate whatever you want!
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In China - people use something called "pinyin" which is basically romanized Chinese or Chinese sounded out with English letters. In Taiwan, there's "zhu yin fu hao" also known as "bo po me fe." In Northern China, very few people know zhu yin fu hao. Currently in China, more and more people are learning pin yin. \n\nIn some ways, each symbol has a meaning. These are called "pang" - like if its related to your hands - there will be a hand "pang" or "shou zi pang." Most words are constructed with a "pang" which usually is on the left or on top and then the rest of the character.
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In your web browser (Explorer/Firefox), click "View" on the toolbar and go to "Encoding" or "Character Encoding". From there you should be able to find Chinese under "More...". \n\nThe type of Chinese encoding you will need depends on the email, so just try all of them until you get to one that works.
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畢業\n\nyou may not be able to read encoded chinese characters on your computer without a proper plug in. E-mail me if you need further help.
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go to start>programs>accessories>system tools>character map...here you will see All types of those symbols
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http://www.mandarintools.com/chinesename.html\nThis site does English to Chinese, I'm still looking for a universal site.
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Windows has built in pinyin for chinese.  you just have to install it on to your computer. here are the steps.\n1. start -> control panel -> regional and language options\n2. click on language tab then on install east asian languages then on apply\n3. insert windows xp disk (if needed)\n4. Then restart\n5. repeat step 1 ~> click on advance tab\n6. then click on desired languages (traditional, simplified chinese)\nthen click on apply.\n\nafter you should be able to read and write chinese using the language bar on your computer.
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you can't with the keyboard. \n\nbut if you have a web page you can use these codes to make them.\n\n&#9834; = ♪\n&#9835; = ♫\n\nyou can also use these codes in online forms such as the form you used to ask this question.\n\nhere are many more of them\nhttp://dwight.clickthesky.com/internettips/specialcharacters.shtml
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自由精神\nChinese  zi4 you2 jing1 shen2\nFree spirit\nhttp://chineseculture.about.com/library/symbol/np/nc_freespirit2.htm
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Chinese alphabet doesnt work that way. It's more of a series of ideas than a series of phoenetical images. And there's more than a thousand characters, so it'd be a bit of work.
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It'll guess something like arial or times new roman.  If it's a title, heading or logo then write whan you want and save it as a picture.  Or stick to 'standard' fonts like aerial.
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In general, you just need the appropriate fonts, which may already be installed. \n\nIn Firefox, look under View / Character Encoding. \nIn Internet Explorer, look under View / Encoding. \n\nMake sure one of the Chinese encoding is selected, or AUTO is selected. The browser may ask you to go download some fonts or such, let it, then restart the browser when complete, and you should be able to read those websites. \n\nI just checked Baidu.com and I have no problem looking at it with Firefox 1.5.0.8 or IE 6.
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Duh! In script? Arabic, Cyrillic, more......\nIn type: Garamond, Times New Roman, Arial..... tens of thousands more.\n\nIt's not clear what you're asking. Maybe the shotgun approach of the other answerers and me will help you out.
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Go to start>programs>accessories>system tools> here click on Character map...You will find all types of symbols .You can copy and paste those from there
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are you thinking of 'symbols' as in the korean equivalents of chinese characters? cause korean characters are like english characters.. they spell sounds so the same combination of korean vowel and consonants can mean a million things.\n\nbut if you're not, then i don't know.
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Although there are specialized keyboards, for the most part Japanese and Chinese just use regular keyboards that uses software to change keystrokes into thier respective languages - for example, typing "KA" on a Japanese system will result in the Japanese hiragana "ka", etc.