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Pinyin, more formally Hanyu pinyin, is the most commonly used romanization system for Standard Mandarin. Hanyu means the Chinese language[1], and pinyin means "spell sound", or the spelling of the sound. [1] Developed by a government committee in the People's Republic of China, the system was initially approved by the Chinese government on February 11, 1958 [2]. The International Organization for Standardization adopted pinyin as the international standard in 1979, and since then it has been adopted by many organizations worldwide. It will also be the official romanization system in the Republic of China (Taiwan) starting in 2009 [3][4]. It is used to teach Chinese schoolchildren and foreign learners the standard pronunciation of Mandarin Chinese, to spell Chinese names in foreign publications and to enter Chinese characters on computers. In 1954, the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China (PRC) created a Committee for the Reform of the Chinese Written Language. This committee developed Hanyu pinyin based upon existing systems of that time (Gwoyeu Romatzyh of 1928, Latinxua Sin Wenz of 1931, and the diacritic markings from zhuyin)[5]. The main force behind pinyin was Zhou Youguang.[6] Zhou was working in a New York bank when he decided to return to China to help rebuild the country after the war. He became an economics professor in Shanghai. The government assigned him to help the development of a new romanization system. The switch to language and writing largely saved him from the wrath of the Cultural Revolution of Mao Zedong. A first draft was published on February 12, 1956. The first edition of Hanyu pinyin was approved and adopted at the Fifth Session of the 1st National People's Congress on February 11, 1958. It was then introduced to primary schools as a way to teach Standard Mandarin pronunciation and used to improve the literacy rate among adults. In 2001, the Chinese Government issued the National Common Language Law, providing a legal basis for applying pinyin.[7] Pinyin superseded older romanization systems such as Wade-Giles (1859; modified 1892) and Chinese Postal Map Romanization, and replaced zhuyin as the method of Chinese phonetic instruction in mainland China. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) adopted pinyin as the standard romanization for modern Chinese in 1982 (ISO 70981982, superseded by ISO 70981991). The United Nations adopted it as an official and standardized Mandarin romanization system in 1986.[8] It has also been accepted by the government of Singapore, the Library of Congress, the American Library Association, and many other international institutions[9].
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1. Mao suit
September 29, 2008
The modern Chinese tunic suit is a style of male attire known in China as the Chungshan suit or Zhongshan suit (traditional Chinese: ???; simplified Chinese: ???; pinyin: Zhongshan zhuang) (after Sun Zhongshan), and known in the West as the Mao suit (after Mao Zedong). Sun Zhongshan (better known as Sun Yat-sen) introduced the style shortly after the founding of the Republic of China as a form of national dress although with a distinctly political and later governmental implication. When the Republic was founded in 1912, the style of dress worn in China was based on Manchu dress (qipao and c... (read more)
Author: Y M
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2. Using Chinese Business Cards Translation
May 29, 2008
Chinese Business Cards Translation means two-sided business cards. These are not typically used in the West, but are very common in Asian countries - particularly China, which is one of the world’s fastest-growing economies.
In China, business people carry cars that are printed on both sides. One side is in the international language of business and commerce, which for better or worse, is English. On the other side is the same information in pinyin, or traditional Chinese characters.
If you know anything about China, you know that the country is very diverse, not only culturally but ... (read more)
Author: Wayne Hemrick
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3. A Guide for Chinese Learners - Beginner
October 31, 2007
In fact, the best way to tackle the challenge of learning Chinese is to identify your reason and motivation for learning the language, as this will help you focus on the things that you should look out for. For example, the business owner wanting to learn Chinese has different needs to the traveler going over for a two week trip, and so you have to direct your learning to achieve the best results. Of course, perhaps a combination of methods would work best for you, but first let’s look at some of the popular approaches today.
The traditional way of studying Chinese is to enroll in a cou... (read more)
Author: bourne kaloyan
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4. Ten Reasons To Start Learning Chinese
September 05, 2006
1. Chinese, is one of the Sino-Tibetan languages, or more accurately it is a group of different dialects of which Mandarin (Putonghua) is one. Taken together there are more native speakers of Chinese than any other language. To put this in perspective there are approximately 915 million speakers of Mandarin (without including any of the other dialects such as Cantonese), compared to Spanish, the fourth most widely spoken language in the world with around 400 million speakers.
2. You don’t have to learn Chinese characters to learn to speak Chinese. Pinyin is a method of writing Chinese in... (read more)
Author: Frank Middleton
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5. 80/20 Guide to Chinese Pronunciation -- Part 2
January 12, 2006
To continue with Chinese pronunciation...
1. Consonants
There are 24 consonants in pinyin which are pronounced a lot like in English.
b, p, m, f, d, t, n, l, g, k, ng, h, j, q, x, zh, ch, sh, r, z, c, s, y, w
Chinese pronunciation of Consonants
b as in boy p as in pine m as in mother f as in food d as in dig t as in talk n as in none l as in loud g as in good k as in kid ng as in song h as in hot j as in jeep q like “ch” in cheat x like a sound be... (read more)
Author: Kah Joon Liow
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6. 80/20 Guide to Chinese Pronunciation -- Part 1
January 12, 2006
“Just give me the basics!”
That’s what this Chinese pronunciation guide is all about.
It’s all that you need to know Chinese pronunciation to get by.
The 80% that’s important.
To speak Mandarin, the first thing to learn is Chinese pronunciation of words using the system known as pinyin.
Pinyin is the Romanized Chinese phonetic system and is the most effective aid to learning Mandarin today.
(Romanized means using English alphabets.)
Pinyin was invented in the 1950’s so that anyone, especially English speaking people, could learn Chinese pronunciation easily.... (read more)
Author: Kah Joon Liow
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