romanization - Why were some letters like Q, X, C, chosen for …
I know that if one were to choose roman letters that sound like Chinese phonemes and not repeating those letters, the roman alphabet just isn't large enough for all Chinese phonemes, but anyway, a foreign speaker shouldn't need to distinguish Q from CH and ZH, especially if they were not to learn the language, but just to pronounce some Chinese ...
What letters (A-Z) have Chinese counterparts?
Jun 16, 2019 · Some letters (A-Z) have Chinese character counterparts. For instance: X = 叉 U = 优 What other examples of this phenomenon are there?
How do the Chinese address letters?
Please answer in simplified Chinese. In English, we do this on the front of the envelope of a letter: For example: To master (x) or Sir (x) or Lady (x) Address In the inside we put: Dear (x).
Entity types and names of China’s companies in Latin alphabet
Probably China’s authority does not require register companies in Latin alphabet. But these companies still need something formal in international business. – Bósài
Why does the Chinese language have so many characters?
Feb 1, 2021 · Before the modern Chinese characters were born, we have a bunch of drawing like characters called oracle bone script (甲骨文). Because it is very similar to the reference object, it is understood by many people from different ethnicity. China has a very diverse population, with 56 ethnic groups.
names - Conventions for indicating a surname - Chinese Language …
Jul 24, 2019 · Yes，using capital letters is adopted in China journals now. I sometime use this comma style, like my name "Chen, Kui Fu".The word Chen before the comma is my surname, and what follows the comma is my give name, "Kui Fu". I …
How should you start a letter in Chinese?
Mar 28, 2019 · I have never used any of these starters, even at the time I used paper to write the letters and mailed them. I would start with something very simple, such as 张老师、李先生、王女士. Translating “dear” into Chinese makes me uncomfortable. I could be old-fashioned!
How to transliterate and pronounce English letters in Chinese?
Jan 7, 2015 · Standalone letters are just written as the letters. Pronunciations vary in the level of verisimilitude to the English (e.g., C might be xi1 or [si]). Transliterating foreign (or even just English) words in Chinese is not mechanical, and there is no unified standard.
When do I use V for Ü in Pinyin programs
Jun 28, 2014 · I use a program called Sougou, which is very poopular in China I think. Sometimes I use the Microsoft pinyin language option. Sougou is very good at guessing my characters based on context, but sometimes I have to click through to find my character, especially when it's character with ü it seems.
In traditional Chinese, when should one write 台灣 and when …
Jun 17, 2020 · I'm a Taiwanese. '台' is a simplified version of '臺', and they mean exactly the same. NTU's official name is 國立臺灣大學, and we usually call it 台大.