Zhuyin fuhao

See also: zhùyīn fúhào and Zhùyīn fúhào

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 注音符號, 注音符号 (zhùyīn fúhào, “annotation sound symbol(s)”).

Proper noun

Zhuyin (bopomofo) keypad for a mobile phone

Zhuyin fuhao

1. 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: ㄅ ㄆ ㄇ ㄈ (bo po mo fo). Hanyu pinyin romanisation "zhùyīn fúhào" written in Zhuyin becomes ㄓㄨˋ ㄧㄣ ㄈㄨˊ 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 hou^6-2), 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.

Synonyms

• bopomofo
• Zhuyin

See also

• Gwoyeu Romatzyh
• Pinyin
• Wade-Giles
• Yale