This comparison of Standard Chinese transcription systems comprises a list of all syllables which are considered
phonemically distinguishable within
Standard Chinese
Standard Chinese ( zh, s=现代标准汉语, t=現代標準漢語, p=Xiàndài biāozhǔn hànyǔ, l=modern standard Han speech) is a modern standard form of Mandarin Chinese that was first codified during the republican era (1912–1949). ...
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Gwoyeu Romatzyh
Gwoyeu Romatzyh ( ; GR) is a system for writing Standard Chinese using the Latin alphabet. It was primarily conceived by Yuen Ren Chao (1892–1982), who led a group of linguists on the National Languages Committee in refining the system betwe ...
employs a different ''spelling'' for each
tone, whereas other systems employ tone marks or superscript numerals.
Comparison table
See also
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Romanization of Chinese
Romanization of Chinese is the use of the Latin alphabet to transliterate Varieties of Chinese, Chinese. Chinese uses a logographic script and its Chinese characters, characters do not represent phonemes directly. There have been many systems us ...
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Transcription into Chinese characters
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 translatio ...
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Pinyin table
Footnotes
References
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Standard Mandarin transcription systems