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Encyclopedia > Hanyu

Hanyu can refer to:

  1. a city in Saitama, Japan - see Hanyu, Saitama
  2. The Chinese name for the Chinese language (漢語 (traditional) / 汉语 (simplified); pinyin hànyǔ).

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Similarities Between Tongyong Pinyin and Hanyu Pinyin (2905 words)
Hanyu pinyin and tongyong pinyin are not as similar as proponents of tongyong pinyin have claimed.
Beijing shen'ao chenggong, daidong hanyu pinyin [Beijing Olympics and hanyu pinyin].
Tongyong, hanyu hen nan xiangrong [Tongyong pinyin and hanyu pinyin are hardly compatible].
Pinyin - ArtPolitic Encyclopedia of Politics : Information Portal (1508 words)
Pinyin (拼音 pin1 yin1) literally means "spelling according to sounds" in Mandarin and usually refers to Hanyu pinyin (汉语拼音, literal meaning: "Han language pinyin"), which is a system of romanization (phonetic notation and transliteration to roman script) for Mandarin used in the People's Republic of China.
Pinyin was approved in 1958 and adopted in 1979 by its government.
Much of the controversy centered on issues of national identity with proponents of Chinese reunification favoring the hanyu pinyin system which is used on the Mainland and proponents of Taiwan independence favoring the use of tongyong pinyin.
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