7. An apparatus for creating Chinese language data, comprising: means for generating identifiers for a plurality of Chinese Pinyin syllables; means for storing the identifier and an array index for each of the plurality of Chinese Pinyin syllables in an array of identifiers; means for generating a plurality of Hanzi character candidate lists, each of the plurality of Hanzi character candidate lists comprising a plurality of Hanzi character candidates that are associated with one of the plurality of Chinese Pinyin syllables, and each Hanzi character candidate having and a candidate index in the Hanzi character candidate list; and means for generating and storing in a computer-readable memory data records for a plurality of words having multiple Pinyin syllables, the data records for each of the plurality of words comprising a key and a value, wherein each key comprises the array index and tone information for each of the multiple Pinyin syllables in one of the plurality of words, and each value comprises a candidate index to identify a Hanzi character candidate for each of the multiple Pinyin syllables in one of the plurality of words.
7. An apparatus for creating Chinese language data, comprising: means for generating identifiers for a plurality of Chinese Pinyin syllables; means for storing the identifier and an array index for each of the plurality of Chinese Pinyin syllables in an array of identifiers; means for generating a plurality of Hanzi character candidate lists, each of the plurality of Hanzi character candidate lists comprising a plurality of Hanzi character candidates that are associated with one of the plurality of Chinese Pinyin syllables, and each Hanzi character candidate having and a candidate index in the Hanzi character candidate list; and means for generating and storing in a computer-readable memory data records for a plurality of words having multiple Pinyin syllables, the data records for each of the plurality of words comprising a key and a value, wherein each key comprises the array index and tone information for each of the multiple Pinyin syllables in one of the plurality of words, and each value comprises a candidate index to identify a Hanzi character candidate for each of the multiple Pinyin syllables in one of the plurality of words. 8. The apparatus of claim 7 , further comprising means for sorting the array of identifiers in increasing order of identifier.