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| There are and have been several '''Chinese alphabets''', that is pre-existing ]s adapted to write down the ]. However, the standard ] uses a non-alphabetic ] with an alphabet for supplementary use.<ref>{{cite web | title = Does Chinese have an alphabet? | work = Zhongwen.com - Chinese characters FAQ | url = http://www.zhongwen.com/x/faq14.htm | accessdate = 2008-05-31}}</ref> There is no original alphabet native to China. China has its Pinyin system though sometimes the term is used anyway to refer to logographic ]s (''sinograms''). It is more appropriately used, though, for ] such as ]. | |||
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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 Standard Chinese
- Wade-Giles
- Yale romanization of Mandarin
For the use of Cyrillic script to transcribe Chinese, see:
For the use of the Arabic alphabet to transcribe Chinese, see:
For another phonetic script in widespread use in Taiwan (often called an alphabet but actually a semi-syllabary) see:
- Zhuyin fuhao (a.k.a. bopomofo or Zhuyin)
Under the Yuan Dynasty (1271–1368), an alphabetic script called 'Phags-pa was used to write Late Middle Chinese (as well as Tibetan and Mongolian).
See also
References
To translate Chinese, see: