18. The method of claim 15 , wherein providing a plurality of potential synchronization lists at a system comprises using a Chinese word source selected from a group consisting of a user specific updated synchronization list, a segmented Chinese document, and a Chinese language dictionary at the system.
15. A method of generating a synchronization list for use with a Chinese word segmentation module, the method comprising: providing a plurality of potential synchronization list words at a system; defining a plurality of potential synchronization lists at the system, each of the plurality of potential synchronization lists including an associated subset of list words from the plurality of potential synchronization list words; determining a cost value for each of the potential synchronization lists at the system, the cost value of each potential synchronization list being based on a characteristic of the potential synchronization list and a word segmentation performance parameter associated with the potential synchronization list, wherein the characteristic of the potential synchronization list is based purely on the set of words contained in the potential synchronization list; and selecting one of the plurality of potential synchronization lists as a synchronization list for use with a first Chinese word segmentation module based on the determined cost values at the system.