> first recall the precise pronunciation of the word (the -n vs -ng for example) I am a foreigner living in China and this was never an issue for me, so I doub

> first recall the precise pronunciation of the word (the -n vs -ng for example) I am a foreigner living in China and this was never an issue for me, so I doubt the native people here find that a problem. I rarely see any Chinese people use the handwriting character recognition on their phones. I use it sometimes just for practice, but just writing pinyin is much faster.