This article describes how to set up a Chinese language environment.

## Fonts

See [Fonts#Chinese](/index.php/Fonts#Chinese "Fonts").

## Input methods

The following [input method](/index.php/Input_method "Input method") (IM) engines are available for Chinese:

| Engine | [Fcitx](/index.php/Fcitx "Fcitx") | [IBus](/index.php/IBus "IBus") | [SCIM](/index.php/SCIM "SCIM") | [uim](/index.php/Uim "Uim") | [gcin](/index.php/Gcin "Gcin") | [hime-git](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/hime-git/) |
| [Wubi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wubi_method "wikipedia:Wubi method") | built-in | [ibus-table](https://www.archlinux.org/packages/?name=ibus-table) | [scim-tables](https://www.archlinux.org/packages/?name=scim-tables) | built-in |  ? |  ? |
| [libchewing](https://www.archlinux.org/packages/?name=libchewing) | [fcitx-chewing](https://www.archlinux.org/packages/?name=fcitx-chewing) | [ibus-chewing](https://www.archlinux.org/packages/?name=ibus-chewing) | [scim-chewing](https://www.archlinux.org/packages/?name=scim-chewing) | [uim-chewing](https://github.com/uim/uim-chewing) | optdepends | optdepends |
| [libgooglepinyin](https://www.archlinux.org/packages/?name=libgooglepinyin) | [fcitx-googlepinyin](https://www.archlinux.org/packages/?name=fcitx-googlepinyin) | [ibus-googlepinyin](https://www.archlinux.org/packages/?name=ibus-googlepinyin) | - | - | - | - |
| [libpinyin](https://www.archlinux.org/packages/?name=libpinyin) | [fcitx-libpinyin](https://www.archlinux.org/packages/?name=fcitx-libpinyin) | [ibus-libpinyin](https://www.archlinux.org/packages/?name=ibus-libpinyin) | - | - | - | - |
| [sunpinyin](https://www.archlinux.org/packages/?name=sunpinyin) | [fcitx-sunpinyin](https://www.archlinux.org/packages/?name=fcitx-sunpinyin) | [ibus-sunpinyin](https://www.archlinux.org/packages/?name=ibus-sunpinyin) | - | - | - | - |
| [Rime](/index.php/Rime "Rime") | [fcitx-rime](https://www.archlinux.org/packages/?name=fcitx-rime) | [ibus-rime](https://www.archlinux.org/packages/?name=ibus-rime) | - | - | - | - |