Zhuyin

E277409

Chinese phonetic notation system Mandarin Chinese transcription system educational tool orthographic auxiliary system phonetic writing system

Zhuyin is a phonetic writing system for transcribing the sounds of Mandarin Chinese, primarily used in Taiwan for teaching pronunciation and literacy.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Bopomofo	1
Zhuyin canonical	1
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)	1
Zhuyin Fuhao	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Chinese phonetic notation system ⓘ Mandarin Chinese transcription system ⓘ educational tool ⓘ orthographic auxiliary system ⓘ phonetic writing system ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Zhuyin ⓘ surface form: Bopomofo Zhuyin ⓘ surface form: Zhuyin Fuhao
appliedAs	ruby text alongside Chinese characters ⓘ
competesWith	Hanyu Pinyin ⓘ
currentlyStandardIn	Taiwan, Province of China ⓘ surface form: Taiwan
encodingStandard	Unicode ⓘ
function	aid in learning character pronunciation ⓘ represent Mandarin syllables ⓘ serve as reading annotation ⓘ
hasApproximateNumberOfSymbols	37 base symbols ⓘ
hasComponentType	final vowel symbols ⓘ initial consonant symbols ⓘ medial vowel symbols ⓘ nasal ending symbols ⓘ tone marks ⓘ
hasToneMarks	4 main tone marks plus neutral tone ⓘ
hasUserCommunity	Taiwan, Province of China ⓘ surface form: Taiwan overseas Taiwanese schools ⓘ
historicallyUsedIn	China ⓘ surface form: mainland China
learningRole	bridge to full character literacy ⓘ
notationType	phonemic notation ⓘ sound-based transcription ⓘ
notUsedFor	official romanization ⓘ
originatesFrom	Republic of China ⓘ
primarilyAssociatedWith	Mandarin Chinese ⓘ surface form: Taiwanese Mandarin
primarilyUsedIn	Taiwan, Province of China ⓘ surface form: Taiwan
scriptType	alphabetic syllabary ⓘ segmental phonetic script ⓘ
targetLanguageVariety	Standard Chinese ⓘ surface form: Standard Mandarin
teachingStage	early primary education ⓘ
UnicodeBlock	Bopomofo Extended ⓘ surface form: Bopomofo Bopomofo Extended ⓘ
usedBy	Mandarin learners in Taiwan ⓘ Taiwanese primary school students ⓘ
usedFor	annotating Chinese characters ⓘ teaching literacy ⓘ teaching pronunciation ⓘ
usedIn	Mandarin language learning materials ⓘ Taiwanese school textbooks ⓘ children’s books in Taiwan ⓘ dictionaries in Taiwan ⓘ
writingDirection	left-to-right ⓘ top-to-bottom ⓘ
writingSystemFor	Mandarin Chinese ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mandarin phonology → usesRomanization → Zhuyin ⓘ

Mandarin Chinese → romanizationSystem → Zhuyin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zhuyin (Bopomofo)

Zhuyin → alsoKnownAs → Zhuyin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bopomofo

Zhuyin → alsoKnownAs → Zhuyin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zhuyin Fuhao