Chinese Computing Help Desk

Windows 11 Pinyin Input Setup

Windows 11 Chinese Pinyin keyboard setup is similar to the instructions I previously posted for Windows 10, with the keyboards grouped by region. If you upgrade an existing Windows 10 installation, then some language settings will follow you to Windows 11, but following is a summary of how to set it up after a clean install.

• Open "Settings" → "Time & language" → "Language & region"
• Use the "Add a language" button to select "Chinese (Simplified, Mainland China)" or "Chinese, (Simplified, Singapore)".
• On the right side of that language's panel, click the three-dot ellipsis menu, select "Language options", then scroll down to "Keyboards".
• Click the "Add a keyboard" button and select the "Microsoft Pinyin" keyboard (IME). That keyboard is best left in Simplified character mode.

• Open "Settings" → "Time & language" → "Language & region".
• Use the "Add a language" button to select "Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR)" or "Chinese (Traditional, Macau) or "Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan)". Most users outside those regions should select "Hong Kong SAR".
• On the right side of that language's panel, click the three-dot ellipsis menu, select "Language options", then scroll down to "Keyboards".
• Click the "Add a keyboard" button and select "Microsoft Bopomofo", which despite its name also offers a Hanyu Pinyin option.
• In MS Bopomofo's own three-dot ellipsis menu, select "Keyboard options". Then click "Key assignment", and under "Keyboard layout" click the dropdown menu to select "HanYu Pinyin".