the study or science of alphabets. —alphabetologist,n. analphabetic 1.unable to read or write. 2.descriptive of a language written without an alphabet; that is, with a syllabary (Cherokee), in hieroglyphics (ancient Egyptian), in ideograms (Chinese) , or in pictograms (American Indian)....
A system for transcribing the pronunciation of the standard variety of Mandarin using the Roman alphabet, officially adopted by the People's Republic of China in 1979. [Mandarinpīn yīn,to combine sounds into syllables, spell:pīn,to combine(from Middle Chinesepjiajŋ) +yīn,sound, syllable(...
①The Chinese language differs from Western languages in that, instead of an alphabet (字母表), it uses characters (汉字) which stand for ideas, objects or deeds. Chinese words are formed by putting together different characters. In many cases, a single character can also make up a word. ...
【小题1】第一段是简介:根据The Chinese language differs from Western languages in that, instead of an alphabet, it uses characters which stand for ideas, objects or deeds.可知,主要介绍了汉语与西方语言不同,它不是用字母表,而是用文字来代表思想、事物或行为,故填intruduction.【小题2】根据The ...
The Chinese Phonetic AlphabetThere have been many different systems of transcription used for learning to pronounce Chinese. Today the official transcription accepted on an international basis is the Pinyin alphabet, developed in China at the end of the 1950's.A syllable in Chinese is composed of ...
Add mystery to your writing with Chinese “alphabet.” There is no such thing as Chinese alphabet. Or is there? Okay, truth be told, there is no such thing as a Chinese alphabet. But, just for fun, I have selected characters that are somewhat similar in appearance (not in sound!) to...
The Chinese Alphabet - Is There Such A Thing? (Article)Rosie Wang
The Chinese language differs from Western languages 1.in that,instead of an alphabet, it uses characters which stand for ideas, objects or deeds. Chinese words are formed by putting together different characters. In many cases, a single character can also make up a word. The history of the ...
In the beginning, western people use letters of the alphabet (字母表) 1. ___ (write). People who write in Chinese, however, use characters that stand for words or ideas. Historians believed Chinese writing began as early as 1500 BC. The 2. ___ (early) forms were called “Oracle ...
This article will be limited in scope to a discussion and description of such pre-alphabetic series and such alphabets properly so-called as are relevant to the study of the Christian Scriptures and their ramifications. It excludes, therefore, from its purview the Chinese alphabet, its related sc...