Zhou Youguang, often called the father of Hanyu Pinyin, has received another award. Dì-w? jiè Wú Yùzh?ng Ji?ng 31 rì zài Zh?ngguó Rénmín Dàxué b?nf?, céng c?nyù “Hàny? P?ny?n F?ng’àn” zhìdìng de “Hàny? P?ny?n zh? fù” Zh?u Y?ugu?ng huòdé Wú … Continue reading
I’m very pleased to announce that Pinyin Info has a new story in Hanyu Pinyin: “Dàshu? Guòhòu,” by Zhang Liqing. It’s available here in two versions: Pinyin alone and Pinyin with English translation (as “After the Flood”), so one doesn’t … Continue reading
The most recent rerelease from Sino-Platonic Papers is The Family of Chinese Character-Type Scripts, by Zhou Youguang, one of the main people behind the creation of Hanyu Pinyin. So it’s no surprise that his name has come up before in … Continue reading
Although I have a few texts here on Pinyin Info written in Pinyin, most of them aren’t long and are usually conversions from texts written in Chinese characters. So it is with very great pleasure that I announce the Internet … Continue reading
Peter Hessler’s Oracle Bones: A Journey Between China’s Past and Present has just been named one of the five finalists for the National Book Award in the nonfiction category. In one section of the book Hessler talks with Zhou Youguang … Continue reading
Most readers of Pinyin News will already know of John DeFrancis, editor of the ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary and author of The Chinese Language: Fact and Fantasy and many other important works. (If you haven’t read The Chinese Language: Fact … Continue reading
Guangming Ribao has a long piece this week on Zhou Youguang, one of the main people behind the creation of Hanyu Pinyin: Zh?u Y?ugu?ng: b?isuì x?ngchén, wénhuá cànrán (?????????????, Gu?ngmíng Rìbào, April 23, 2006). This also has lots of photos. … Continue reading
The other day at the meeting Zhou Youguang spoke at, a PRC official announced that beginning in 2008 the United Nations will cease issuing any material in traditional Chinese characters. Only versions in “simplified” characters will be released, he said. … Continue reading