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Zhuyin_fuhao

Zhuyin fuhao

See also: zhùyīn fúhào and Zhùyīn fúhào

English

Proper noun

Zhuyin (bopomofo) keypad for a mobile phone

Zhuyin fuhao ‎(uncountable)

A phonetic alphabet used to transcribe Mandarin for students of that language and for inputting Chinese, used in Taiwan, shortened as Zhuyin; also known as bopomofo from the first letters of the alphabet: ㄅㄆㄇㄈ ‎(bo po mo fo). Hanyu pinyin romanisation "zhùyīn fúhào" written in Zhuyin becomes ㄓㄨˋ ㄧㄣㄈㄨˊ ㄏㄠˋ.

Translations

Zhuyin fuhao (bopomofo)

Arabic: بُوبُومُوفُو m ‎(bopomofo), بُوبُومُوفُو m ‎(bubumufū)
Chinese:

Cantonese: 注音符號, 注音符号 ‎(zyu³ jam¹ fu⁴ hou⁶⁻²), 注音 ‎(zyu³ jam¹)

Mandarin: 注音符號 (zh), 注音符号 (zh) ‎(zhùyīn fúhào), 注音 (zh) ‎(zhùyīn), ㄅㄆㄇㄈ ‎(bōpōmōfō, bēpēmēfē)

Min Nan: 注音符號, 注音符号 ‎(chù-im hû-hō), 注音 (zh-min-nan) ‎(chù-im)

French: bopomofo (fr) m, zhuyin fuhao m
German: Zhuyin Fuhao m, n, Zhuyin n, Bopomofo
Japanese: 注音符号 (ja) ‎(ちゅういんふごう, chūin fugō, ちゅうおんふごう, chūon fugō), ボポモフォ ‎(bopomofo)
Korean: 주음 부호 ‎(jueum buho) (注音符號), 보포모포 ‎(bopomopo)
Russian: чжуи́нь фуха́о m ‎(čžuínʹ fuxáo), бопомофо́ m, n ‎(bopomofó), чжуи́нь m ‎(čžuínʹ)

Usage notes

This term is often shortened to just Zhuyin; for example, see “Zhuyin” in Wikipedia.

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See also