All children in the PRC learn the Roman alphabet for phonemic pinyin.
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Pinyin
/ˈpɪnˈjɪn/
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Noun(1 words)
hanyu pinyin
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A motivation for East Asians to conserve their sinograms is to distinguish many homonyms. In speech, context tells the listener what is the intended meaning. In the PRC, Pinyin documentation, Romanized Mandarin, is available for minorities who cannot read sinograms. Somehow, they make do.
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Cantonese Pinyin is the standard Cantonese Pinyin
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When learning Chinese, pinyin is very helpful for beginners.
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