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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Zhou Youguang canonical | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
economist
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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
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St. John’s University, Shanghai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Han Chinese ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Chinese linguistics
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romanization ⓘ sociolinguistics ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Hanyu Pinyin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
modernization of Chinese romanization ⓘ |
| languageWritten |
Chinese
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English NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| livedDuring |
People’s Republic of China era
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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
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development of the Hanyu Pinyin system ⓘ |
| occupation |
economist
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linguist ⓘ scholar ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Changzhou
NERFINISHED
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Jiangsu NERFINISHED ⓘ Qing dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Beijing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
head of the Chinese government committee on language reform
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member of the State Language Reform Commission ⓘ |
| residence |
Beijing
NERFINISHED
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Chongqing NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City ⓘ Shanghai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Zhang Yunhe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studied | economics ⓘ |
| workedFor |
Chinese government
NERFINISHED
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United Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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