chinput indeed broken, try freebsd ftpi found the source package at freebsd's ftp
Name (ftp.freebsd.org:tanh): anonymous
331 Guest login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password.
Password:
230-You are user #120 of 450 simultaneous users allowed.
230-
230 Logged in anonymously.
Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.
ftp> cd pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/
250 "/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles" is new cwd.
ftp> ls *chinput*
227 Entering Passive Mode (62,243,72,50,228,24)
150 Data connection accepted from 137.132.155.215:52192; transfer starting.
-rw-r--r-- 1 ftpuser ftpusers 3012129 May 2 11:02 chinput-3.0.2.5.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 ftpuser ftpusers 4968670 Apr 14 08:10 zh-chinput-2.1.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 ftpuser ftpusers 3012422 Mar 27 04:21 zh-chinput-3.0.2fix3.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 ftpuser ftpusers 3012400 Apr 14 08:10 zh-chinput-3.0.2fix4.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 ftpuser ftpusers 446086 Feb 5 2001 zh-chinput2-1.2.1.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 ftpuser ftpusers 48
thanks !!! :)