pinyin

Sogou launched Sogou Pinyin, a multiplatform replacement keyboard for typing Chinese characters, more than a decade ago.

Previously, only Mandarin names could be romanized in the form of Wade-Giles, Pinyin, or Tongyong Pinyin.

The band posted the 2013 music video on YouTube and dubbed it over with Mandarin lyrics, along with subtitles in Chinese characters and pinyin. The translation is credited to one Filbert Uy.

Although it is not always 100 per cent accurate, it is useful for looking up how to say simple sentences, especially as it shows the Pinyin as well as the characters for Chinese.

Members of the current generation of Chinese historians present a pinyin version complemented by an online version that allows frequent updating and comparison with the Dictionary of Chinese Biography.

ChineseABC also boasts a comprehensive Pinyin (pronunciation) guide that help students perfect their pronunciation and syntax.

Through the change, as Banyan originally being the translation from its Chinese name while Gaorong being the pinyin name, the firm aims to achieve a more consistent brand recognition among its domestic startups, investors and media.

'If you ask two people to write the names of all 24 provinces of Cambodia or 10 Cambodian people's names with Roman alphabet, at least there will be a few differences in what they will write down,' says Sovichea, who recently published the book Khmer Pinyin, a guide six years in the making.

Ma-I - According to the Zhao Rugua book Zhu Fan Zhi written in the 13th century during the Song Dynasty, there was a group of islands in southern South China Sea called Ma-i (Pinyin: Mayi).

The celebrated linguist - dubbed 'the Father of Pinyin' - spent three years developing the system of 'spelled sounds' that is now the international standard for Romanised Chinese.