Reading assignment on ‘alphabetization of Chinese’

a. All online files on the topic.

Assignment

1. Using the comparison tables in the online files, supply the pronunciation spellings for the words (pinyin is given).  One spelling rule: when ‘i’, ‘u’, and ‘ü’ start a syllable, rewrite them as ‘yi’, ‘wu’ and ‘yu’ respectively.

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Pinyin

Wade-Giles

Yale

Bopomofo(handwrite or copy from online)

Gwoyeu

Romatzyh

(no tone)

中国

zhōngguó

 

 

 

 

西餐

xīcān

 

 

 

 

学院

xuéyuàn

 

 

 

 

金钱

jīnqián

 

 

 

 

瓷器

cíqì

 

 

 

 

在家

zàijiā

 

 

 

 

考虑

kǎolǜ

 

 

 

 

龙井

lóngjǐng

 

 

 

 

写字

xiězì

 

 

 

 

热闹

rènao

 

 

 

 

2. Based on your experience with the different systems from doing the exercise above, compare and comment on the different systems using the criteria listed in the online file for the same topic.  Be detailed and cite examples.  You may want to look at the review questions for this topic first.