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Hanyu Pinyin
Hanyu Pinyin is the official system for writing Standard Mandarin Chinese in the Latin alphabet, adopted by the People's Republic of China in 1958 and developed by a committee that included the linguist Zhou Youguang. It is used to teach pronunciation and to type Chinese characters, became an international standard in 1982, and has replaced older systems such as Wade–Giles for spelling Chinese names worldwide.
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