How to type chinese using an English keyboard? I'm trying to learn the Chinese language using ChineseSkill for Android. There are some sections / steps within the lesson that ask me to translate the English sentence to Chinese, but I don't have a Chinese keyboard. When I input something so I can pass the step, it shows the expected answer and there it has shown how I should have typed the sentence in. For example nǚ is typed in with nv3. There is a Pinyin chart within the program but I couldn't figure out how to encode the symbol. I don't want to use websites or online tools because I don't want to leave the program as it also gives score based on time and it keeps running. Is there some sort of table or chart for this?
try to use "Sougou pinyin for Windows(exe)", 

for Linux use "Sougou pinyin for 32bit Linux(deb)" 

or "Sougou pinyin for 64bit Linux(deb)"

or "Sougou pinyin for Mac OS(dmg)"

or "Sougou pinyin for Android (apk)"