How to type Chinese on iOS - iPhone and iPad

Open the Settings Application, Select General Select Keyboard Select Keyboards Select Add New Keyboard Select Chinese Simplified Pinyin

Typing Chinese using Pinyin

Tap or tap and hold the globe icon on the keyboard to switch between English and Chinese. Type in Pinyin, and select the Correct Chinese characters.

Additional Tips

Another fun input method uses handwriting recognition. Be aware that it primarily works by stroke-order and stroke direction. If you draw a character that is visually very close to the character you want, but don't use the correct stroke-order, it may not understand.

To install it, follow the steps above but add the Chinese Simplified - Handwriting keyboard.