Background
Matteo Ricci, a Jesuit missionary in China, wrote the first book that used the Latin alphabet to write … See more

The pinyin system also uses four diacritics to mark the tones of Mandarin. In the pinyin system, four main tones of Mandarin are shown … See more

Based on the "Chinese Romanization" section of ISO 7098:2015, pinyin tone marks should use the symbols from Combining Diacritical Marks See more

• Combining character
• Comparison of Chinese transcription systems
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Unlike European languages, clusters of letters—initials (声母; 聲母; shēngmǔ) and finals (韵母; 韻母; yùnmǔ)—and not consonant and vowel letters, form the basic units in … See more

Standard Chinese has many polysyllabic words. Like in other writing systems using the Latin alphabet, spacing in pinyin is officially based on word boundaries. However, there are … See more

The spelling of Chinese geographical or personal names in pinyin has become the most common way to transcribe them in English. Pinyin has … See more