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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 ]. | |||
| g k h j q x zh ch | |||
| sh r z c s | |||
| Finals | |||
| a o e i u ü | |||
| ai ei ui ao | |||
| ou ia ie ua | |||
| uo iao iou | |||
| uai uei üe | |||
| an en in ün | |||
| un ang eng | |||
| ing ong üi | |||
| ==Alphabetic transcription of Chinese== | ==Alphabetic transcription of Chinese== | ||
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Initials b p m f d t n l g k h j q x zh ch sh r z c s
Finals a o e i u ü ai ei ui ao ou ia ie ua uo iao iou uai uei üe an en in ün un ang eng ing ong üi
Alphabetic transcription of Chinese
For the use of the Latin alphabet to transcribe Chinese, see:
- Romanization of Chinese in Taiwan
- 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 Other: Arabic Chinese Alphabet