# Pinyin input method in Hyprland / Wayland for Simplified Chinese

**URL:** https://discourse.nixos.org/t/pinyin-input-method-in-hyprland-wayland-for-simplified-chinese/49186
**Category:** Help
**Created:** [July 16, 2024, 10:58pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/pinyin-input-method-in-hyprland-wayland-for-simplified-chinese/49186 "2024-07-16T22:58:50Z")
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### Author: ![sshine](https://discourse.nixos.org/user_avatar/discourse.nixos.org/sshine/32/26806_2.png) [@sshine](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/sshine)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2024, 11:16pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/pinyin-input-method-in-hyprland-wayland-for-simplified-chinese/49186/2 "2024-07-16T23:16:08Z")

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After digging in [a hidden Reddit comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/hyprland/comments/1azm6fn/comment/ks5qato/) that suggests I search for “cn” in `fcitx5-configtool` rather than “Chinese”, a “Pinyin” option occurs under “简体中文”:

 ![2024-07-17-011010_hyprshot](https://discourse.nixos.org/uploads/default/original/3X/f/a/faff627dc0830e0c9fb22e38b5baf329de6597de.png)

This finally makes the pinyin menu work.

My complete setup is like this:

```auto
# import this into configuration.nix
{ config, pkgs, ... }:
{
  i18n.inputMethod = {
    enabled = "fcitx5";
    fcitx5.addons = with pkgs; [
      fcitx5-gtk
      fcitx5-chinese-addons
      fcitx5-nord
    ];
  };
}

```

Additionally,

```auto
# ~/.config/fcitx5/conf/classicui.conf
Theme=Nord-Dark
Font="Meslo 28" # Where's my glasses?

```

 ![2024-07-17-013718_hyprshot](https://discourse.nixos.org/uploads/default/original/3X/5/1/51799eadd33a13e8207ab85acf512197964e5fe3.png)

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