^^ The above way is not the case for Chinese, at least in this decade. Our keyboard is the same as the English one. We use input software, simply press Ctrl+Space to switch back and forth between Chinese and English input mode. After switch to Chinese mode, type in "pinyin" (Chinese letter spelling) which will have corresponding Chinese characters shown up and select the right one, since many same pinyin represent different Chinese characters like "wang" can be "网,王,亡,望,忘,汪" and at least 35 more.