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2. Chinese character sounds - Wikipedia

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   Chinese character sounds (simplified Chinese: 汉字字音; traditional Chinese: 漢字字音; pinyin: hànzì zìyīn) are the pronunciations of Chinese characters. The standard sounds of Chinese characters are based on the phonetic system of the Beijing dialect .

3. Pinyin - Wikipedia

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   The spelling of Chinese geographical or personal names in pinyin has become the most common way to transcribe them in English. Pinyin has also become the dominant Chinese input method in mainland China, in contrast to Taiwan, where bopomofo is most commonly used.

4. Chinese respelling of the English alphabet - Wikipedia

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   In China, letters of the English alphabet are pronounced somewhat differently because they have been adapted to the phonetics (i.e. the syllable structure) of the Chinese language. The knowledge of this spelling may be useful when spelling Western names, especially over the phone, as one may not be understood if the letters are pronounced as ...

5. Standard Chinese phonology - Wikipedia

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   L2 learners may pronounce it as an English R, but lips are unrounded. 日/rì ⓘ r: ㄖ: j: For pronunciation in syllable-final position, see § Rhotic coda. /t͡s/ Like English ts in cats, without aspiration 子/zǐ ⓘ z: ㄗ: ts: See § Denti-alveolar and retroflex series. /t͡sʰ/ As t͡s/pinyin "z", but with aspiration 此/cǐ ⓘ c: ㄘ ...

6. Romanization of Chinese - Wikipedia

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   Transcribing the citation pronunciation of specific Chinese characters according to the pronunciation conventions of a specific European language, to allow the insertion of that Chinese pronunciation into a Western text. Allowing instant communication in "colloquial Chinese" between Chinese and non-Chinese speakers via a phrase-book.

7. Transliteration of Chinese - Wikipedia

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   官話字母; Guānhuà zìmǔ, developed by Wang Zhao (1859–1933), was the first alphabetic writing system for Chinese developed by a Chinese person. This system was modeled on Japanese katakana, which he learned during a two-year stay in Japan, and consisted of letters that were based on components of Chinese characters. After returning to ...

8. Transcription into Chinese characters - Wikipedia

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   Transcription into Chinese characters is the use of traditional or simplified Chinese characters to phonetically transcribe the sound of terms and names of foreign words to the Chinese language. Transcription is distinct from translation into Chinese whereby the meaning of a foreign word is communicated in Chinese.

9. Lü (surname) - Wikipedia

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   However, when input of the umlaut is not possible, the surname is commonly romanized as Lu or Lv (v being the pinyin input shorthand for ü). [1] On 31 October 2011, the National Standardization Committee of China issued The Chinese phonetic alphabet spelling rules for Chinese names, which stipulates that Lü should be spelled Lyu in such ...