diff --git a/app/src/main/java/io/github/sspanak/tt9/ime/modes/ModePinyin.java b/app/src/main/java/io/github/sspanak/tt9/ime/modes/ModePinyin.java
index 7b54546a..7fdcc187 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/io/github/sspanak/tt9/ime/modes/ModePinyin.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/io/github/sspanak/tt9/ime/modes/ModePinyin.java
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 package io.github.sspanak.tt9.ime.modes;
 
+import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
+
 import io.github.sspanak.tt9.hacks.InputType;
 import io.github.sspanak.tt9.ime.helpers.TextField;
 import io.github.sspanak.tt9.languages.Language;
+import io.github.sspanak.tt9.languages.LanguageKind;
 import io.github.sspanak.tt9.preferences.settings.SettingsStore;
 import io.github.sspanak.tt9.util.chars.Characters;
 
@@ -15,6 +18,12 @@ public class ModePinyin extends ModeIdeograms {
 	}
 
 
+	@Override
+	public boolean changeLanguage(@Nullable Language newLanguage) {
+		return LanguageKind.isChinese(newLanguage) && super.changeLanguage(newLanguage);
+	}
+
+
 	@Override
 	protected void onNumberPress(int number) {
 		if (ignoreNextSpace && number == SPECIAL_CHAR_SEQUENCE.charAt(0) - '0') {