Microsoft New Phonetic enhances the functionality in typing sentence-final particles. It saves your time selecting a sentence-final particle from the candidate list if you enter a specific punctuation symbol after the character. For example, when you type a sentence-final particle - such as "嗎", "呢", and "啊" - at the end of a sentence and a corresponding full-width punctuation mark, Microsoft New Phonetic will automatically select the correct particle and complete input.
For example: Entering "今天的天氣是晴天馬" + ? will get "今天的天氣是晴天嗎?", but entering the same sentence + ! will get "今天的天氣是晴天嘛!"
Note:
Sentence-final particles must be followed by punctuation symbol, whether full-width or half-width, such as a question mark, exclamation mark, period or comma. Microsoft New Phonetic will recognize the character as a sentence-final particle and start substitution.
The table below explains how Microsoft New Phonetic recognizes the particles and converts them into correct characters:
| Reading (phonetic symbol) | + | Punctuation | Sentence-final particles result |
|---|---|---|---|
| ㄇㄚ,ㄇㄚ˙ | + | ? | 嗎? |
| ㄋㄜ,ㄋㄜ˙ | + | ?, ! | 呢?呢! |
| ㄚ,ㄚ˙,ㄚˋ | + | ?, ! | 啊?啊! |
| ㄅㄚ,ㄅㄚ˙,ㄅㄚˋ | + | ?, ! | 吧?吧! |
| ㄏㄨ,ㄏㄨ˙ | + | !, , | 呼!呼, |
| ㄌㄚ,ㄌㄚ˙ | + | ?, !, 。 | 啦?啦!啦。 |
| ㄇㄚ,ㄇㄚ˙,ㄇㄚˊ | + | ! | 嘛! |
| 一ㄚ,一ㄚ˙,一ㄚˊ,一ㄚˋ | + | ! | 呀! |
| ㄌㄧ,ㄌㄧ˙,ㄌㄧˊ,ㄌㄧˇ | + | ,, ! | 哩,哩! |
| ㄌㄟ,ㄌㄟ˙ | + | ,, ! | 哩,哩! |
| ㄨㄛ,ㄨㄛ˙,ㄨㄛˋ | + | !, 。 | 喔!喔。 |
| ㄞ,ㄞ˙,ㄞˋ | + | ! | 唉! |
| ㄜ,ㄜ˙,ㄜˊ | + | !, ?, 。 | 哦!哦?哦。 |
| ㄌㄨㄛ,ㄌㄨㄛˊ,ㄌㄨㄛ˙ | + | 。, ,, !, ? | 囉。囉,囉!囉? |
| ㄏㄟ,ㄏㄟ˙,ㄏㄟˋ | + | 。, !, , | 嘿。嘿!嘿, |
| ㄣ | + | ?, ! | 嗯?嗯! |
| ㄨㄚ,ㄨㄚ˙,ㄨㄚˋ | + | ! | 哇! |
| ㄏㄜ,ㄏㄜ˙ | + | 。, ! | 呵。呵! |
| 一ㄡ,一ㄡˋ | + | ?, ! | 喲?喲! |
| ㄏㄥ,ㄏㄥˋ | + | ,, !, : | 哼,哼!哼: |
| ㄠ˙,ㄠˋ | + | 。, ,, ! | 噢。噢,噢! |
| ㄡ˙,ㄡˋ | + | 。, ,, ! | 噢。噢,噢! |
| ㄜ˙ | + | , | 呃, |
| ㄌ一ㄝ,ㄌ一ㄝ˙ | + | ,, 。, ! | 咧,咧。咧! |
| ㄅㄟ,ㄅㄟ˙,ㄅㄟˋ | + | !, 。 | 唄!唄。 |