Binary package “fcitx-pinyin” in ubuntu bionic

Flexible Input Method Framework - classic Pinyin engine

 Fcitx is a input method framework with extension support, which provides
 an interface for entering characters of different scripts in applications
 using a variety of mapping systems.
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 It offers a pleasant and modern experience, with intuitive graphical
 configuration tools and customizable skins and mapping tables. It is
 highly modularized and extensible, with GTK+ 2/3 and Qt4 IM Modules, support
 for UIs based on Fbterm, pure Xlib, GTK+, or KDE, and a developer-friendly
 API.
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 This package provides the classic Pinyin input method, which features
 very short responding time by loading the whole dict into RAM during
 activation.