zhuyin
/ˌt͡ʃuːˈɪn/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Example Sentences
- "The tasks included pre- and post-test perception tests and language classes where the participants learned Mandarin through 1 of 3 means: Pinyin, the familiar orthography; Zhuyin, the non-familiar orthography; or no orthography."
- "Taiwanese Martian Script, with its basis of traditional Chinese script, uses symbols from the nationwide phonetic transliteration system Zhuyin, and at times reflects the Taiwanese or Hakka pronunciation of characters that are phonetically substituted."
- "All students, including the blind students, in Taiwan are taught with Zhuyin to assist the learning of the Chinese characters from the very beginning of elementary school."
- "In selecting a script to assist with language and literacy development in Chinese, the school trialled the use of Zhuyin, a phonetic writing system commonly used in Taiwan."
- "We examined two possible types of phonological decoding: the use of phonetic radicals, an internal phonological aid, and the use of Zhuyin, an external phonological coding system."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, 註音