Mr. Zhou’s writing system, formally known as Hanyu Pinyin — or “putting sounds together,” as its name is sometimes translated — had a transformative effect on Chinese society.

Zhou’s writing system, formally known as Hanyu Pinyin – or “putting sounds together,” as its name is sometimes translated – had a transformative effect on Chinese society. Before its ...

Chou En-lai, Tschu En-lai oder Zhou Enlai? Wer sich nach den amtlichen ... sondern aus Sichuan. Hanyu Pinyin nennt sich das Transkriptionssystem, das die chinesische Regierung vor mehr als ...

The Hanyu Pinyin system has helped billions of people learn to read, write and speak Chinese. Although he has been called the “Father of Pinyin”, Zhou, who died on January 14, just one day ...

Credit: New York Times Zhou's writing system, formally known as Hanyu Pinyin – or "putting sounds together", as its name is sometimes translated – had a transformative effect on Chinese society.

BEIJING: Renowned Chinese linguist Zhou Youguang, the creator of Pinyin writing system, died on January 14th, one day after his 111th birthday. The Hinabook publishing house, which published ...

Zhou Youguang, known as the father of Pinyin for creating the system of Romanised Chinese writing that has become the international standard since its introduction some 60 years ago, has died ...

However, this has led to a backlash from those who feel that Zhou's contribution to the development of Pinyin has been exaggerated. Some argue that since the project which developed the Hanyu ...

Zhou Youguang should have become a household name in China, but that has not happened. The columnists have conferred on him the sobriquet of Father of Pinyin. Pinyin or Hanyu Pinyin, is a writing ...

So, Young Post chatted with Poon Hon-kwong, Associate Professor at Hong Kong University, to figure out the difference between Zhou’s Hanyu Pinyin the Cantonese Pinyin, as well as Cantonese ...

Zhou Youguang, a one-time Wall Street banker from China who developed Pinyin, a Romanized writing system that has helped more than 1 billion Chinese and countless foreigners learn to read and ...