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Bopomofo
Sign in to saveAlso known as Zhuyin, Mandarin Phonetic Symbols, Zhuyin script, Bpmf, Bopo
Bopomofo, also called Zhuyin Fuhao ( ; ), or simply Zhuyin, is a transliteration system for Standard Chinese and other Sinitic languages. It is the principal method of teaching Mandarin pronunciation in Taiwan. It consists of 37 characters and five tone marks, which together can transcribe all possible sounds in Mandarin Chinese.
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- Writing system.name
- Bopomofo
- Writing system.type
- Semisyllabary
- Writing system.typedesc
- with diacritics for tones
- Writing system.fam1
- Oracle bone script
- Writing system.fam2
- Seal script
- Writing system.fam3
- Clerical script
- Writing system.fam4
- Han script
- Writing system.iso15924
- Bopo
- Writing system.sample
- Zhuyinbaike.svg
- Writing system.imagesize
- 250px
- Writing system.caption
- The word "encyclopedia" (bǎikē quánshū) written in bopomofo (b-ai k-e q-u-an sh-u)
- Writing system.creator
- Commission on the Unification of Pronunciation Introduced by the Beiyang government of the Republic of China
- Writing system.time
- Mainland China (1918–1958) Xiandai Hanyu Cidian (; as a supplement to Hanyu Pinyin) Taiwan (1945–present)
- Chinese.title
- Mandarin Phonetic Symbols
- Chinese.p
- Zhùyīn fúhào
- Chinese.tp
- Jhù-yin fú-hào
- Chinese.mps
- Jùyīn fúhàu
- Chinese.gr
- Juh'in fwuhaw
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- 注音符号
- Image
- Bopomofo.jpg
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- inception
- 1910-00-00
- native label
- ㄅㄆㄇㄈ
- Commons category
- Bopomofo
- Unicode range
- U+3100-312F,U+31A0-31BF
- name
- bopomofo
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22 sectionsContents
- Terminology
- History
- Origins
- Modern use
- Symbols
- Writing
- Stroke order
- Tonal marks
- Example
- Erhua transcription
- Comparison
- Pinyin
- Chart
- Use outside Standard Mandarin
- Taiwanese Hokkien
- Cantonese
- Computer uses
- Input method
- Unicode
- See also
- References
- External links
Bopomofo, also called Zhuyin Fuhao ( ; ), or simply Zhuyin, is a transliteration system for Standard Chinese and other Sinitic languages. It is the principal method of teaching Mandarin pronunciation in Taiwan. It consists of 37 characters and five tone marks, which together can transcribe all possible sounds in Mandarin Chinese.
Bopomofo was first introduced in China during the 1910s by the Beiyang government, where it was used alongside Wade–Giles, a romanization system which used a modified Latin alphabet. Today, Bopomofo is more common in Taiwan than on the mainland, and is used as the primary electronic input method for Taiwanese Mandarin, as well as in dictionaries and other non-official documents.