Chinese here. To be a little picky, phonetics is just one of the several methods to input Chinese. (Pinyin is the dominant one, and yes it is phonetics, other ways uses shapes of the characters and maybe a lot faster, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wubi_method for example.)
Speaking of input methods I always with there are good English input methods, it will be useful too! For example if user enters "compre" the input methods goes
1. comprehension 2. comprehensive (with an order depending on the conditional probability -- there is some interesting math behind input prediction, and with their help input can be a lot smooth, however I only see it used on phones not computers.)
Speaking of input methods I always with there are good English input methods, it will be useful too! For example if user enters "compre" the input methods goes 1. comprehension 2. comprehensive (with an order depending on the conditional probability -- there is some interesting math behind input prediction, and with their help input can be a lot smooth, however I only see it used on phones not computers.)