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Chinese writing is not an alphabetic script. Rather, it is a logographic script. But there is also another chinese script that is phonetic andm therefore an alphabet, it is mentioned below so if you were looking for it, and read the previous sentence, don't run away from this article yet.

For information on the Chinese writing system, see:

• Written Chinese
• Chinese character
• Chinese character classification

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
• Wade-Giles
• Yale Romanization

For another phonetic alphabet in widespread use in Taiwan, see:

• Zhuyin fuhao (a.k.a. bopomofo or Zhuyin)

For other systems in use in Taiwan, see:

• Romanization of Chinese in Taiwan

References

1. "Does Chinese have an alphabet?". Zhongwen.com - Chinese characters FAQ. Retrieved 2008-05-31.

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• Chinese language