Tei Posted April 17, 2004 at 04:22 PM Report Posted April 17, 2004 at 04:22 PM Is this still being used in the Mainland? How do Mainland input Characters? Pinyin, Zhuyin, or another way? I'm trying to understand why zhuyin fuhao is not that popular any more. Or perhaps I'm mistaken. Quote
hparade Posted April 17, 2004 at 04:29 PM Report Posted April 17, 2004 at 04:29 PM i think it's mainly used in taiwan. for mainland, people usually use pinyin input, for hk, it's changjie Quote
wix Posted April 18, 2004 at 10:36 AM Report Posted April 18, 2004 at 10:36 AM Zhuyin fuhao is still used in the education system in Taiwan. i.e. all Taiwanese children learn it at primary school. In fact it is the only phonetic system they learn. I think China adopted Hanyu Pinyin in the 1950s. After that Wade-Giles and Zhuyin disappeared by the wayside. I like zhuyin fuhao, but Hanyu pinyin is likely to remain the dominant system. In this age of computers a romanised system is probably best as it can be entered on any computer keyboard. Quote
sophielee Posted April 21, 2004 at 07:48 PM Report Posted April 21, 2004 at 07:48 PM What's the origin of zhuyinfuhao? And is it preferable or just a question of learning/adjusting to either phonetic alphabets? Quote
smithsgj Posted April 22, 2004 at 08:52 AM Report Posted April 22, 2004 at 08:52 AM sophie -- http://www.chinese-forums.com/viewtopic.php?t=1077 Quote
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