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Written Chinese is not an alphabetic script. Rather, it is a logographic script based on Chinese characters, though there also exist alphabetic systems to transcribe spoken Chinese. I am stupid.

Alphabetic Transcription of Chinese

For the use of the Latin alphabet to transcribe Chinese, see:

• Romanization of Chinese
  • Romanization of Chinese in Taiwan
• Hanyu Pinyin (a.k.a. Pinyin) - the modern international standard for transcription of Mandarin Chinese
• Wade-Giles
• Yale Romanization

For the use of the Cyrillic alphabet to transcribe Chinese, see:

• Cyrillization of Chinese

For the use of the Arabic alphabet to transcribe Chinese, see:

• Xiao'erjing

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)

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See also

• Chinese character classification
• Fanqie
• Transliteration into Chinese characters

References

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

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• Chinese language