# Lag in Chinese Pinyin method **URL:** \ **Category:** Bear Bug Report\ **Tags:** bug\ **Created:** [March 27, 2026, 2:53pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/lag-in-chinese-pinyin-method/18981 "2026-03-27T14:53:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mh4bear](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/mh4bear/32/5434_2.png) [@mh4bear](https://community.bear.app/u/mh4bear)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2026, 2:53pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/lag-in-chinese-pinyin-method/18981/1 "2026-03-27T14:53:59Z")
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**Author:** ![trix180](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/trix180/32/588_2.png) [@trix180](https://community.bear.app/u/trix180)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2026, 8:15am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/lag-in-chinese-pinyin-method/18981/2 "2026-04-02T08:15:47Z")
Hello, Is this happening on specific notes or just any note? Are you using the default iOS keyboard or a third-party one? ---
**Author:** ![mh4bear](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/mh4bear/32/5434_2.png) [@mh4bear](https://community.bear.app/u/mh4bear)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2026, 8:36am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/lag-in-chinese-pinyin-method/18981/3 "2026-04-02T08:36:13Z")
Good to see your again @trix180! In my experience, it happened on any notes, included new note that just created. The keyboard is built-in, under Keyboards / Chinese, Traditional / Pinyin - QWERTY. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![trix180](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/trix180/32/588_2.png) [@trix180](https://community.bear.app/u/trix180)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2026, 8:49am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/lag-in-chinese-pinyin-method/18981/4 "2026-04-02T08:49:35Z")
Do you mind telling me the iPhone model you are using? ---
**Author:** ![mh4bear](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/mh4bear/32/5434_2.png) [@mh4bear](https://community.bear.app/u/mh4bear)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2026, 9:01am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/lag-in-chinese-pinyin-method/18981/5 "2026-04-02T09:01:24Z")
No problem, it’s a iPhone Air with iOS 26.4. ---
**Author:** ![citrus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3ec8ea/32.png) [@citrus](https://community.bear.app/u/citrus)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2026, 12:21am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/lag-in-chinese-pinyin-method/18981/6 "2026-04-05T00:21:05Z")
I use Pinyin regularly for both Simplified and Traditional Chinese. No issue so far. You might want to troubleshoot your keyboard settings. Some suggestions from a [Reddit post](https://www.reddit.com/r/ios/comments/16yhy28/major_keyboard_lag_after_updating_ios_17/) via a quick Google search: 1. **Reset Keyboard Dictionary** : Navigate to Settings \> General \> Transfer or Reset iPhone, then tap on Reset \> Reset Keyboard Dictionary 2. **Disable and Re-enable the Keyboard** : Navigate to Settings \> General \> Keyboard \> Keyboards and then swipe left on the keyboard name, and tap Delete. Then, re-add the keyboard by tapping Add New Keyboard ---
**Author:** ![mh4bear](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/mh4bear/32/5434_2.png) [@mh4bear](https://community.bear.app/u/mh4bear)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2026, 4:34pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/lag-in-chinese-pinyin-method/18981/7 "2026-04-05T16:34:05Z")
I just tried these step and retry, unfortunately still happened to me. In another iOS apps like Notion, Things or build-in Apple Notes, in my experience they works well. Maybe something happened in Bear app…. Anyway, thanks for your suggestion! @citrus ! ---
**Author:** ![mh4bear](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/mh4bear/32/5434_2.png) [@mh4bear](https://community.bear.app/u/mh4bear)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2026, 5:00pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/lag-in-chinese-pinyin-method/18981/8 "2026-04-18T17:00:22Z")
Hi @trix180 I think maybe I solved by myself and found it’s not related to my Chinese input method. I just accidentally deleted a note that had a table with 2300 rows, and Bear app is running smoothly again now.