Zhou Youguang, the inventor of a system to convert Chinese characters into words with the Roman alphabet, died Saturday at the age of 111. Since his system was introduced nearly six decades ago ...

Zhou Youguang, who in 1958 invented Pinyin, the romanized spelling system that linked ancient Chinese writing to the modern age, died Saturday in Beijing. The system forever changed how the world ...

Kevin K. H. Chung, Effects of Pinyin and First Language Words in Learning of Chinese Characters as a Second Language, Journal of Behavioral Education, Vol. 12, No. 3 (September 2003), pp. 207-223 ...

It includes 24 measures encompassing the standardization of pinyin in place names, the renaming process, and the preservation of naming cultures. The proposed measures aim to standardize names of ...