Chinese alphabet
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Written Chinese is not an alphabetic script.[1] Rather, it is a logographic script based on Chinese characters, though there also exist alphabetic systems to transcribe spoken Chinese.
[edit] Alphabetic Transcription of Chinese
For the use of the Latin alphabet to transcribe Chinese, see:
- Romanization of Chinese
- Hanyu Pinyin (a.k.a. Pinyin) - the modern international standard for transcription of Mandarin Chinese
- Wade-Giles
- Yale Romanization
For the use of the Cyrillic alphabet to transcribe Chinese, see:
For the use of the Arabic alphabet to transcribe Chinese, see:
For another phonetic alphabet in widespread use in Taiwan, see:
- Zhuyin fuhao (a.k.a. bopomofo or Zhuyin)
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Does Chinese have an alphabet?. Zhongwen.com - Chinese characters FAQ. Retrieved on 2008-05-31.
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