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

November 4, 2025 by chinesespeaking

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 …

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

July 2, 2025 by chinesespeaking

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 …

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