Zhou Youguang

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Zhou Youguang was a Chinese linguist and scholar widely regarded as the “father of Hanyu Pinyin” for his leading role in modernizing the romanization of Chinese.

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instanceOf economist
human
linguist
scholar
sociologist
ageAtDeath 111
causeOfDeath natural causes
centenarian true
child Zhou Xiaoping NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship China
dateOfBirth 1906-01-13
dateOfDeath 2017-01-14
educatedAt Guanghua University NERFINISHED
St. John’s University, Shanghai NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Han Chinese
fieldOfWork Chinese linguistics
romanization
sociolinguistics
gender male
knownFor Hanyu Pinyin NERFINISHED
modernization of Chinese romanization
languageWritten Chinese
English NERFINISHED
livedDuring People’s Republic of China era NERFINISHED
Republic of China era NERFINISHED
marriageStart 1933
movement Chinese language reform
name Zhou Youguang NERFINISHED
nativeName 周有光 NERFINISHED
nickname father of Hanyu Pinyin
notableWork books on Chinese language reform
development of the Hanyu Pinyin system
occupation economist
linguist
scholar
university professor
placeOfBirth Changzhou NERFINISHED
Jiangsu NERFINISHED
Qing dynasty NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Beijing NERFINISHED
positionHeld head of the Chinese government committee on language reform
member of the State Language Reform Commission
residence Beijing NERFINISHED
Chongqing NERFINISHED
New York City
Shanghai NERFINISHED
spouse Zhang Yunhe NERFINISHED
studied economics
workedFor Chinese government NERFINISHED
United Nations NERFINISHED

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Hanyu Pinyin chiefDesigner Zhou Youguang