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    Zhou Youguang (Chinese: 周有光; pinyin: Zhōu Yǒuguāng; 13 January 1906 – 14 January 2017), also known as Chou Yu-kuang or Chou Yao-ping, was a Chinese economist...
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  • linguists including Wang Li, Lu Zhiwei, Li Jinxi, Luo Changpei and Zhou Youguang, who has been called the "father of pinyin". They based their work in...
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    Municipality was 5,278,121 at the 2020 census. The city is the birthplace of Zhou Youguang who created the pinyin romanization system. As approved by State Council...
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    been Hanyu Pinyin, invented by a group of Chinese linguists, including Zhou Youguang, in the 1950s. Other well-known systems include Wade–Giles (Beijing...
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    Politburo Standing Committee Zhou Youguang (1906–2017), Chinese linguist and sinologist Zhou Zuoren, writer, brother of Lu Xun Zhou Zhennan, rapper, singer...
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    methods for computers, Pinyin is the most popular phonetic method. Zhou Youguang predicts, "Digraphia is perhaps the key for Chinese to enter the age...
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    translation of the word ru is followed by e.g. Yuri Pines. According to Zhou Youguang, ru originally referred to shamanic methods of holding rites and existed...
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  • as illustrated by the development of character 馬; 'horse': In 1980, Zhou Youguang, often considered to be the "father of pinyin", published a paper entitled...
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    Chinese writer and scholar of kunqu opera. She was the wife of linguist Zhou Youguang. Zhang Yunhe was born on July 25, 1909, in Hefei, Anhui Province, to...
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  • in Linguistics" (PDF). Sino-Platonic Papers (167). Victor H. Mair. Zhou, Youguang (2012). "To Inherit the Ancient Teachings of Confucius and Mencius and...
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    collective-political mystical theories and practices thereafter. According to Zhou Youguang, Confucianism's name in Chinese, 儒 rú, originally referred to shamanic...
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    June 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023. Margalit Fox (14 January 2017). "Zhou Youguang, Who Made Writing Chinese as Simple as ABC, Dies at 111". The New York...
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    droit Nice, France : Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, R.I.A.S.E.M.) Zhou Youguang 周有光 (1998). Bijiao wenzi xue chutan (比較文字学初探 "A Comparative Study of...
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    Columbia University Press. doi:10.7312/zhon19262. ISBN 978-0-231-54989-9. Zhou Youguang (周有光) (2003). The Historical Evolution of Chinese Languages and Scripts...
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  • Romatzyh with Hanyu Pinyin, which had been developed by a team led by Zhou Youguang over the previous two years. Pinyin is now the predominant system and...
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    Tai-Kadai languages, Routledge, pp. 509–584, ISBN 978-0-7007-1457-5. Zhou, Youguang (September 1991), "The Family of Chinese Character-Type Scripts (Twenty...
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    convinced Mao to maintain the existing Chinese writing system. Instead Zhou Youguang created the pinyin system and Chinese characters were simplified. As...
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    Retrieved June 7, 2011. hsia script writing inspired east asia. Professor ZHOU Youguang (1991). Victor H. Mair (ed.). "The Family of Chinese Character-Type...
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  • was fast and steady. In this international conference, Ji Xianlin, Zhou Youguang, Liu Naihe, and other prominent academic scholars were also present...
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    in Linguistics" (PDF). Sino-Platonic Papers (167). Victor H. Mair. Zhou, Youguang (2012). "To Inherit the Ancient Teachings of Confucius and Mencius and...
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  • occasionally occurs, efforts can be made to distinguish or avoid it. Zhou Youguang (1993) introduced two solutions to homophones: Differentiate the pronunciation...
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  • Chinese characters mainly concentrate on frequently used characters. Zhou Youguang summarized the Chinese character utility decline rate (汉字效用递减率; 漢字效用遞减率)...
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  • Longest-lived American semi-professional and professional baseball player Zhou Youguang M 13 January 1906 14 January 2017 111 years, 1 day Chinese linguist...
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  • collective-political mystical theories and practices thereafter. According to Zhou Youguang, the word for Confucius's occupation (儒; rú), originally referred to...
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    Wen-chung (1923–2019), Chinese American composer of classical music Zhou Youguang (1906–2017), linguist Wang Yongnian (1927–2012), literary translator...
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  • 15 July 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2019. Margalit Fox (14 January 2017). "Zhou Youguang, Who Made Writing Chinese as Simple as ABC, Dies at 111". The New York...
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  • 185. Zhou, Youguang (1962). "Tie lu dian bao ying yong Hanyu pin yin de shi di diao cha (shang)". Wen Zi Gai Ge (in Chinese). Zhou, Youguang (1965)...
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  • 1046 BC to AD 1911. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-191-56167-2. Zhou Youguang (周有光) (2003). The Historical Evolution of Chinese Languages and Scripts...
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  • 1968) 1905 – Jack London, English sprinter and pianist (d. 1966) 1906 – Zhou Youguang, Chinese linguist, sinologist, and academic (d. 2017) 1909 – Helm Glöckler...
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  • singer (b. 1942) 2016 – Alan Rickman, English actor (b. 1946) 2017 – Zhou Youguang, Chinese sociologist, (b. 1906) 2018 – Spanky Manikan, Filipino veteran...
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