Zhuyin fuhao

See also: zhùyīn fúhào and Zhùyīn fúhào

English

Zhuyin (bopomofo) keypad for a mobile phone

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 注音符號／注音符号 (zhùyīn fúhào, literally “symbol(s) for annotation of sounds”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(d)ʒuːˌjɪn fuːˈhaʊ/

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• Rhymes: -uːhaʊ

Proper noun

Zhuyin fuhao

1. A phonetic alphabet used to transcribe Mandarin for students of that language and for inputting Chinese, now used primarily only in Taiwan. Variants also exist for other Chinese lects spoken in Taiwan.

   Synonyms: Zhuyin, bopomofo

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／注音符号 (zh) (zhùyīn fúhào), 注音 (zh) (zhùyīn), ㄅㄆㄇㄈ (zh) (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 or 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(注音符號) (jueum buho), 보포모포 (bopomopo)
• Russian: чжуи́нь фуха́о m (čžuínʹ fuxáo), бопомофо́ m or n (bopomofó), чжуи́нь m (čžuínʹ)
• Thai: จู้อินฝูเฮ่า (th)
• Vietnamese: chú âm phù hiệu (注音符號)

See also

• Gwoyeu Romatzyh
• Pinyin
• Wade-Giles
• Yale