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Zhuyin

/ˌt͡ʃuːˈɪn/

Zhuyin proper noun: bopomofo, Zhuyin fuhao.

Proper noun

Zhuyin

  1. Bopomofo, Zhuyin fuhao
    • The tasks included pre- and post-test perception tests and language classes where the participants learned Mandarin through 1 of 3 means: Pinyin, the familiar orthography; Zhuyin, the non-familiar orthography; or no orthography.2011, Carolyn Pytlyk, “Shared Orthography: Do Shared Written Symbols Influence the Perception of L2 Sounds?”, in The Modern Language Journal, volume 95, number 4, →JSTOR, abstract
    • Taiwanese Martian Script, with its basis of traditional Chinese script, uses symbols from the nationwide phonetic transliteration system Zhuyin, and at times reflects the Taiwanese or Hakka pronunciation of characters that are phonetically substituted.2014, Andrea Bachner, Beyond Sinology: Chinese Writing and the Scripts of Culture, page 186

Examples of Zhuyin in a sentence

  • All students, including the blind students, in Taiwan are taught with Zhuyin to assist the learning of the Chinese characters from the very beginning of elementary school.2015, Jan-Li Wang, Teng-Hua Weng, Sheue-Ling Hwang, Cin-Wei Huang, Shwu-Ching Young, “A preliminary study on instructional design of...
  • In selecting a script to assist with language and literacy development in Chinese, the school trialled the use of Zhuyin, a phonetic writing system commonly used in Taiwan.2017, Stanley Wang, Andrew Scrimgeour, Anne-Marie Morgan, “Exploring the use of Zhuyin in early primary Chinese literacy development”, in...
  • We examined two possible types of phonological decoding: the use of phonetic radicals, an internal phonological aid, and the use of Zhuyin, an external phonological coding system.2018, Luan Li, Hua-Chen Wang, Anne Castles, Miao-Ling Hsieh, Eva Marinus, “Phonetic radicals, not phonological coding systems, support...

Origin of Zhuyin

Short for Zhuyin fuhao, from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 註音 /注音 (zhùyīn).

Phrases with Zhuyin

Questions about Zhuyin

What does Zhuyin mean?
Zhuyin means bopomofo, Zhuyin fuhao.
How do you use Zhuyin in a sentence?
All students, including the blind students, in Taiwan are taught with Zhuyin to assist the learning of the Chinese characters from the very beginning of elementary school.
What part of speech is Zhuyin?
Zhuyin is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Zhuyin?
Zhuyin is pronounced /ˌt͡ʃuːˈɪn/.

Words near Zhuyin in the dictionary

  1. Zhushan
  2. zhushed
  3. zhushes
  4. zhushing
  5. Zhuxi
  6. Zhuyin
  7. Zhuyin alphabet
  8. Zhuyin alphabets
  9. Zhuyin fuhao
  10. zhuz
  11. zhuzes

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