Gwoyeu Romatzyh
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Gwoyeu Romatzyh is a system for writing Standard Chinese using the Latin alphabet. It was primarily conceived by Yuen Ren Chao, who led a group of linguists on the National Languages Committee in refi
Lin Yutang, who first proposed tonal spelling, in 1939
Gwoyeu Romatzyh on a park sign in Taipei – Taytzyy (太子; Tàizǐ)
Yuen Ren Chao as a young man, c. 1916
Yuen Ren Chao
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Yuen Ren Chao was a Chinese-American linguist, musician, and polymath. Applying modern linguistic theory and scientific methods to the study of Chinese phonology, dialects, and grammar, Chao was a lea
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
…Gwoyeu Romatzyh (abbr. GR) is a system for writing Standard Chinese using the Latin alphabet. It was primarily conceived by Yuen Ren Chao, who led a group of linguists on the National Languages Committee in refining the system between 1925 and 1926. In September 1928, it was adopted by…
Chao (seated left) with his eldest daughter Iris Rulan Chao Pian