Moreover, Chinese writing is ideographic; input is more difficult than alphabetic English. At present, however, there are simplified input methods, that cut up Chinese characters into several basic shapes, inputting these to form one character.
此外，中文是圖形文字，輸入較拼音字困難，目前雖有簡易輸入法，但歐美人自小就有使用打字機的習慣，而國人則無，故尚需一段時間適應。