How to input Chinese on CentOS7 using system input method?

Question

I would like to be able to type in Chinese. I've tried to set it as system input Chinese (Intelligent Pinyin) without success. I am running Emacs on CentOS7.

I can input Chinese on anywhere except on emacs. For example, I can input Chinese on Gnome-Text-Editor.

Answer 1

Interectively:

Alt+x set-input-method, then give "chinese-py"

In the init.el configuration file

(setq default-input-method "chinese-py")

Ref: http://ergoemacs.org/emacs/emacs_chinese_input.html