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Mah documented the visit on video, during which she presented Zhou with a pinyin game for the iPad that she had created. [14] Zhou became a supercentenarian on 13 January 2016 when he reached the age of 110. [15] Zhou died on 14 January 2017 at his home in Beijing, one day after his 111th birthday. The cause of death was not made public. [3]
Hanyu Pinyin, or simply pinyin, officially the Chinese Phonetic Alphabet, is the most common romanization system for Standard Chinese. Hanyu ( 汉语 ; 漢語 ) literally means ' Han language'—that is, the Chinese language—while pinyin literally means 'spelled sounds'.
Postal romanization [1] was a system of transliterating place names in China developed by postal authorities in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. For many cities, the corresponding postal romanization was the most common English-language form of the city's name from the 1890s until the 1980s, when postal romanization was replaced by pinyin, but the system remained in place on Taiwan ...
A 17th-century European map using the then-typical transcription of Chinese place names. Note the systematic use of x where pinyin has sh, si where Pinyin has xi, and qu (stylized qv) where Pinyin uses gu A Taiwanese passport, with the name of the bearer (Lin Mei-hua) romanized for international intelligibility
In New York, more than 1,600 oil lamps were in use as city street lights in 1809. [1] The city had started using spermaceti oil, which burned more brightly than candles, in its street lamps from as early as 1792. [1] Philadelphia was close behind during this period, with 1,100 street lamps. [1]
By the late 1800s, 25% of Chicago's approximately 600 Chinese residents settled along Clark Street between Van Buren and Harrison Streets in Chicago's Loop. [9] In the mid-1870s, the Kim Kee Company opened a store selling imported Chinese goods and ingredients, and in the basement of the same building stood a Chinese-owned restaurant. [ 10 ]
City of Chicago decided; overturns city handgun ban. [61] Chicago Blackhawks win the Stanley Cup. City of Chicago Data Portal launched. Population: 2,695,598. [70] 2011 February 2: 900 cars abandoned on Lake Shore Drive due to Blizzard. March 30: Last of Cabrini Green towers torn down. Rahm Emanuel becomes mayor. Population: 8,707,120; metro ...
The K-Town Historic District is a historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places located in the North Lawndale community area in Chicago, Illinois.A mainly residential area, its borders are West Cullerton Street to the north, South Pulaski Road to the east, West Cermak Road to the south, and South Kostner Avenue to the west.