Chinese hyphenation

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#1

I will try to put the question again:

I am trying to find out if there is a hyphenation module for LibreOffice for the Chinese language (traditional and/or simplyfied). Can any of you direct me towards someone who can answer this question?

Thanks in advance
Per Larsen

#2

​Per, as far as I know, hyphens are never used when writing Chinese glyphs,
either simplified or traditional, nor can I remember ever seeing them used
in pinyin (拼音)​
​. May I inquire as to why you would have need of a hyphenation module for
this language ?​
​...

Henri​

#3

"Per Hyttel Larsen":

I am trying to find out if there is a hyphenation module for LibreOffice for the Chinese language (traditional and/or simplyfied). Can any of you direct me towards someone who can answer this question?

There cannot be a hyphenation module for Chinese language, as the hieroglyphic scripts are broken after each character.

#4

​Urmas, Chinese glyphs are not «hieroglyphs». It would, indeed, be
*possible* to use hyphens in writing​
​ as most «words»​
​ in colloquial Chinese​
​ are bisyllabic and written with two glyphs, each of which constitutes not
merely a syllable but a morpheme, but it simply isn't done....

Henri

#5

Hi
I know that in e.g. Korean there are a few rules as to where you may break a sequence of glyphs. Some must be kept together and be on the same line. Therefore I mean that hyphenation exists in Korean and I thought that the same might have been true for Chinese, but I understand that this is not the case.

Per Larsen

#6

"Per Hyttel Larsen":

I know that in e.g. Korean there are a few rules as to where you may break a sequence of glyphs. Some must be kept together and be on the same line.

For Chinese/Japanese only some punctuation (like parentheses and quotes) is kept with following/previous text.
That list can be changed in LO options.