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IPA S. L. Wong Phonetic Symbols Bopomofo Extended S. L. Wong Romanization Guangdong Romanization ILE Jyutping Yale Sidney Lau Meyer– Wempe 呀 [aː] /a/ ㄚ: a: a: aa
The development of the Pinyin (Chinese: 汉语拼音; pinyin: hànyǔ pīnyīn; lit. 'Chinese Phonetic Writing') system was a complex process involving decisions on many difficult issues, such as: Should Hanyu Pinyin's pronunciation be based on that of Beijing?
Hanyu Pinyin, or simply pinyin, is the most common romanization system for Standard Chinese. In official documents, it is referred to as the Chinese Phonetic Alphabet . Hanyu ( 汉语 ; 漢語 ) literally means ' Han language'—that is, the Chinese language—while pinyin literally means 'spelled sounds'.
Bopomofo to Pinyin converter and reverse; bopomofo syllable chart, with Hanyu Pinyin equivalents; Pinyin Annotator – adds bopomofo (bopomofo) or pinyin on top of any Chinese text, prompts alternative pronunciations to homonyms, has the option of exporting into OpenOffice Writer for further editing
This is a unified template for displaying various varieties of Chinese, in various orthographies.It can display (and link to): both simplified and traditional Chinese characters; literal translation; Zhuyin (Bopomofo); the Hanyu Pinyin, Tongyong Pinyin, and Wade–Giles romanizations of Mandarin; the Jyutping, Yale, and Sidney Lau romanizations of Cantonese; and the Pe̍h-ōe-jī and Tâi-lô ...
Since there are so many characters to choose from when transcribing a word, a translator can manipulate the transcription to add additional meaning. As an example, for the syllable jī, there is a choice of some 120 characters that have this as a Hanyu Pinyin reading.
The word for 'China', written in Hanyu Pinyin, Tongyong Pinyin, and Chinese characters (traditional and simplified) The differences between Tongyong Pinyin and Hanyu Pinyin [29] are relatively straightforward: The palatalized consonants are written j, c, s rather than j, q, x. The retroflex consonants are jh, ch, sh rather than zh, ch, sh.
Hanyu Pinyin (1958): In mainland China, Hanyu Pinyin has been used officially to romanize Mandarin for decades, primarily as a linguistic tool for teaching the standardized language. The system is also used in other Chinese-speaking areas such as Singapore and parts of Taiwan , and has been adopted by much of the international community as a ...