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
c. 1916 portrait of Chao
Chao (seated left) with his eldest daughter Iris Rulan Chao Pian
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
Yuen Ren Chao
…the study of Chinese phonology, dialects, and grammar, Chao was a leading advocate of the National Language Movement and a principal architect of the Gwoyeu Romatzyh romanization system. His Mandarin Primer was among the most widely used Chinese textbooks of the twentieth century. From 1938 onward, he lived in the…
Lin Yutang, who first proposed tonal spelling, in 1939
Gwoyeu Romatzyh on a park sign in Taipei – Taytzyy (太子; Tàizǐ)