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{{Short description|Alphabets adapted for writing Chinese}} |
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There have been '''Chinese alphabets''', that are 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 ]. However, there were attempts to replace the whole ] with ] but failed in the end, so the Chinese characters were kept.{{cn|date=April 2022}} ] characters replaced ] characters, which the original form is still used today in ], ], and ]. Simplified Chinese is used in ] and ]. |
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==Alphabetic transcription of Chinese== |
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For the use of the ] to transcribe Chinese, see: |
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* ] (a.k.a. ''Pinyin'') – the modern international standard for transcription of ] |
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For the use of ] to transcribe Chinese, see: |
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For the use of the ] to transcribe Chinese, see: |
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For another phonetic script in widespread use in ] (often called an alphabet but actually a ]) see: |
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* ] (a.k.a. ''bopomofo'' or ''Zhuyin'') |
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Under the ] (1271–1368), an alphabetic script called ] was used to write Late ] (as well as Tibetan and Mongolian). |
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See also Other: ] |
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==See also== |
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==References== |
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