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There are and have been several Chinese alphabets, that is pre-existing alphabets adapted to write down the Chinese language. However, the standard Chinese writing system uses a non-alphabetic script with an alphabet for supplementary use. There is no original alphabet native to China. China has its Pinyin system though sometimes the term is used anyway to refer to logographic Chinese characters (sinograms). It is more appropriately used, though, for phonemic transcriptions such as pinyin.

Ałphabetic transcription of Chinese

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

circle
listen
real
certificate, proof
dragon
sell
turtle, tortoise
art, arts
fight, war
rope
picture, painting
iron, metal
picture, diagram
group, regiment
turn
广 wide, broad
bad, evil
abundant
brain
miscellaneous
pressure, compression
chicken
price
fun
air
hall, office
emit, send
labor
sword
age, years
authority, right
burn
praise
two, both
translate
look, watch
camp, battalion
processing
齿 teeth
驿 station
cherry
production
medicine
read
face
Simplified (almost) identically in Mainland China and Japan picture
sound, voice
learn
body
dot, point
wheat
insect
old, bygone, past
can (verb), meeting
ten-thousand
thief
treasure
country
medicine
pair
noon
contact
come
yellow
ward, district
circle
listen
real
certificate, proof
dragon
sell
turtle, tortoise
art, arts
fight, war
rope
picture, painting
iron, metal
picture, diagram
group, regiment
turn
广 wide, broad
bad, evil
abundant
brain
miscellaneous
pressure, compression
chicken
price
fun
air
hall, office
emit, send
labor
sword
age, years
authority, right
burn
praise
two, both
translate
look, watch
camp, battalion
processing
齿 teeth
驿 station
cherry
production
medicine
read
face
Simplified (almost) identically in Mainland China and Japan picture
sound, voice
learn
body
dot, point
wheat
insect
old, bygone, past
can (verb), meeting
ten-thousand
thief
treasure
country
medicine
pair
noon
contact
come
yellow
ward, district

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:

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

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

To translate Chinese, see:

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