gwoyeu romatzyh
/ˌɡwoʊjuː roʊˈmɑːtsə/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
38
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A transliteration system for Mandarin Chinese, characterized by its tonal spelling without diacritic marks.
Example Sentences
- "With regard to romanization, several different systems are concurrently being used in Taiwan, including Wade-Giles, Tongyong Pinyin 通用拼音, Hanyu Pinyin 漢語拼音, and Gwoyeu Romatzyh."
Etymology
From the Gwoyeu Romatzyh romanization of Mandarin 國語羅馬字 /国语罗马字 (Guóyǔ Luómǎzì).
Word Breakdown
- Root: 國語羅馬字
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌɡwoʊjuː roʊˈmɑːtsə/
- British English: /ˌɡwəʊjuː rəʊˈmɑːtsə/