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Download full textLam, Clara; Chow, Balance – 1995
American students are exposed to many different romanization systems when learning Chinese. The most important systems include Pinyin, Zhuyin fuhao, Wade-Giles, Gwoyeu Romatzhy, and the Yale system, to name just a few. The Pinyin system, which is built on the English alphabet, is the official transliteration system of mainland China. The Zhuyin…
Descriptors: Chinese, Contrastive Linguistics, Cultural Maintenance, Foreign Countries
