<p>On a German QWERTZ keyboard you should press SHIFT + the key on the right of &quot;L&quot; (that is a &quot;Ö&quot;).</p>
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2021-12-03T10:42:19.257Z
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Joe at wearyourchinesename.com
<p>If you can only type in English punctuations under Chinese mode with the default IME in Win 10, try the keyboard shortcut <code>[Ctrl] + [.]</code> to switch it back.</p>

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2021-12-01T17:30:37.593Z
You mean I should use the normal ":" colon instead of the Chinese one?
AskingBecauseIHaveQuestions
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2021-12-01T21:12:49.143Z
@AskingBecauseIHaveQuestions No, what River meant is, when you write Chinese text and want to write a Chinese colon "：", if you see that instead of "：" you get a ":", then try to press the CTRL key and, keeping CTRL pressed, the "." key. After that, try again to type the ":" key and you will see that you will get the Chinese colon "：".
Joe at wearyourchinesename.com
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2021-12-01T23:05:37.430Z
Ah, okay, thanks! But I can't even write a ":" with the Chinese language setting.
AskingBecauseIHaveQuestions
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2021-12-01T23:13:26.317Z
@AskingBecauseIHaveQuestions Type SHIFT + the key on the right of "L".
Joe at wearyourchinesename.com
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@AskingBecauseIHaveQuestions BTW, do you have a QWERTY or QWERTZ keyboard?
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OMG, you saved my day, thank you so much!!! I don't know why, but I couldn't find this Shift + Ö (my key next to L) key combination anywhere! How did you know that? By the way, I have a QWERTZ keyboard, but when I switch to Chinese (where I can shift from 英 to 中) it becomes a QWERTY keyboard.
AskingBecauseIHaveQuestions
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2021-12-01T15:10:22.353Z
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River
<p>Prehaps try to install some Chinese keyboard overlay on your win10,</p>
<p>one such example would be 'Sogou keyboard', which is available on their official website @ <a href="https://pinyin.sogou.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://pinyin.sogou.com/</a></p>
<p>Once set up correctly, you can just type colon normally and it will show up.</p>

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ygeMason
<p>I couldn't any information on this question whatsoever and I tried every thinkable combination of keys...</p>
<p>Please can someone help? It gets a little annoying when I have to write Chinese texts that I always have to copy and paste this colon from the internet... :/</p>
<p>Help would be greatly appreciated!</p>

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2021-12-01T15:06:33.233Z
Which IME are you using? Isn't that going to be “：” under Chinese mode and ":" under English mode?
River
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Why are you not saying what IME you're using, even after River asked you? The answer may very well depend on the IME you use.
joehua
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It also depends on what keyboard layout you have. Are you using US keyboard?
River
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How can I write the Chinese colon "：" on Win10 keyboard?
# How can I write the Chinese colon "：" on Win10 keyboard?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-12-01)

I couldn't any information on this question whatsoever and I tried every thinkable combination of keys...

Please can someone help? It gets a little annoying when I have to write Chinese texts that I always have to copy and paste this colon from the internet... :/

Help would be greatly appreciated!

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Which IME are you using? Isn't that going to be “：” under Chinese mode and ":" under English mode?  
> **username_2**: Why are you not saying what IME you're using, even after username_1 asked you? The answer may very well depend on the IME you use.  
> **username_1**: It also depends on what keyboard layout you have. Are you using US keyboard?  

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2021-12-03. Score: 0 | Accepted answer

On a German QWERTZ keyboard you should press SHIFT + the key on the right of "L" (that is a "Ö").

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### Answer by username_1 on 2021-12-01. Score: 2

If you can only type in English punctuations under Chinese mode with the default IME in Win 10, try the keyboard shortcut `[Ctrl] + [.]` to switch it back.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: You mean I should use the normal ":" colon instead of the Chinese one?  
> **username_3**: @username_0 No, what username_1 meant is, when you write Chinese text and want to write a Chinese colon "：", if you see that instead of "：" you get a ":", then try to press the CTRL key and, keeping CTRL pressed, the "." key. After that, try again to type the ":" key and you will see that you will get the Chinese colon "：".  
> **username_0**: Ah, okay, thanks! But I can't even write a ":" with the Chinese language setting.  
> **username_3**: @username_0 Type SHIFT + the key on the right of "L".  
> **username_3**: @username_0 BTW, do you have a QWERTY or QWERTZ keyboard?  
> **username_0**: OMG, you saved my day, thank you so much!!! I don't know why, but I couldn't find this Shift + Ö (my key next to L) key combination anywhere! How did you know that? By the way, I have a QWERTZ keyboard, but when I switch to Chinese (where I can shift from 英 to 中) it becomes a QWERTY keyboard.  

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### Answer by username_4 on 2021-12-06. Score: 1

Prehaps try to install some Chinese keyboard overlay on your win10,

one such example would be 'Sogou keyboard', which is available on their official website @ <https://pinyin.sogou.com/>

Once set up correctly, you can just type colon normally and it will show up.


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