I\'ll be looking to perform a domain password audit in which the user will be us

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I'll be looking to perform a domain password audit in which the user will be using english characters but may be 40% Mandarin speakers so I anticipate a large number of names, phrases, or words that are written to be mandarin (but written using english character set).

I'd like to perform a hybrid attack and thus I'm hoping to expand my dictionary list to include non-english phrases/words/names but typed in the english character set.

Does anyone know of a resource that fits this description or has access to such a dictionary/word list? I've done some googling but couldn't find much.

Appreciate any input.

Explanation / Answer

You need to look into the Chinese IME (Input Method Editor) that is provided with Windows, and also popular 3rd party ones. They all operate mostly the same though. Basically you enter a word by typing Latin characters that sound it out, then the computer presents a list of possibilities and you select one from a menu. When writing passwords most Chinese people just enter the sounds, e.g. "xeixei".

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