Pinyin

Is it possible to type “々” on a Chinese Pinyin keyboard?

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The symbol “々” represents the repetition of the previous character in both Chinese and Japanese. Back in the days when writing was done entirely by hand—such as when I was in school—this was a very common practice, mainly to save time while writing. For example:、 The Chinese phrase “寥寥数笔” (“only a few strokes”) could be … Read more

How does the Pinyin system in Chinese benefit from using a Latin-based alphabet?

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In my opinion, it’s useless. Chinese is fundamentally not a phonetic language. What’s called “Hanyu Pinyin,” to me, is a scam. I see Chinese as a language of Yin and Yang, a language rooted in the Bagua (Eight Trigrams). Pronunciation can be understood as a combination of Yin and Yang, and then we have the four tones. In fact, the four … Read more