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I'm trying to find a pinyin input method for traditional chinese that works on Ubuntu 20.04. A lot of similar questions on askubuntu are from around 9 years ago, and the answers no longer seem to fully apply.


If I go to the language support panel and use Ibus as my input method system, the Chinese options available are either for China (simplified) or Hong Kong (traditional). When adding input methods in the Region and Language menu, China's version (i.e., simplified chinese) has intelligent pinyin which seems to work fine, but it's for simplified chinese, and the Hong Kong (traditional) version does not list intelligent pinyin as an input method. The other methods seem to either not function or not be pinyin.


Is there a way to switch the Intelligent Pinyin from simplified to traditional? Or is there an Ibus traditional chinese pinyin input method I'm unaware of?


I tried switching from Ibus to fcitx, and added input methods using fcitx-configtool. However, the pinyin options I found were either simplified (with google's input method), or they didn't work. Is there a way to get google's pinyin input to support traditional characters? Does fcitx have a working traditional pinyin input method? Any help would be appreciated.


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I just figured out how to switch Google Pinyin with fcitx to traditional.


First, follow the instructions on this blog to install fcitx and add Google Pinyin as an input method:


https://leimao.github.io/blog/Ubuntu-Gaming-Chinese-Input/


After installing fcitx:



  1. Open the config tool:


    fcitx-configtool


  2. Click on Google Pinyin so it's highlighted.



  3. Click on Addon on the bar at the top.



  4. Scroll down to where it says Simplified Chinese To Traditional Chinese. Select it and click the button that says Configure.



  5. Click OK.




Now, when using Google Pinyin, you can use Ctrl+Shift+F to toggle between Simplified and Traditional Chinese.


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