English
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 注音符號 / 注音符号 (zhùyīn fúhào, literally “symbol(s) for annotation of sounds”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃuːˌɪn fuːˈhaʊ/
- (hyperforeign) IPA(key): /(d)ʒuːˌjɪn fuːˈhaʊ/
- (hyperforeign) enPR: zho͞o-yĭn' fo͞o-hou'
- Rhymes: -aʊ
- Hyphenation: Zhu‧jin fu‧hao
Proper noun
Zhuyin fuhao
- A phonetic alphabet used to transcribe Mandarin for students of that language and for inputting Chinese, now used primarily only in Taiwan. Variants also exist for other Chinese lects spoken in Taiwan.
- Synonyms: Zhuyin, bopomofo
Translations
Zhuyin fuhao (bopomofo)
- Arabic: بُوبُومُوفُو m (būbūmūfū)
- Bulgarian: джуин m (džuin), бопомофо́ (bopomofó)
- Cherokee: ᏆᏉᎼᏬ (quaquomowo)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 注音符號 / 注音符号 (zyu3 jam1 fu4 hou6-2), 注音 (zyu3 jam1)
- Hokkien: 注音符號 / 注音符号 (chù-im hû-hō), 注音 (zh-min-nan) (chù-im)
- Mandarin: 注音符號 / 注音符号 (zh) (zhùyīn fúhào), 注音 (zh) (zhùyīn), ㄅㄆㄇㄈ (zh) (bōpōmōfō, bēpēmēfē)
- French: bopomofo (fr) m, zhuyin fuhao m
- German: Zhuyin Fuhao m or n, Zhuyin n, Bopomofo
- Japanese: 注音符号 (ja) (ちゅういんふごう, chūin fugō, ちゅうおんふごう, chūon fugō), ボポモフォ (bopomofo)
- Korean: 주음 부호(注音符號) (jueum buho), 보포모포 (bopomopo)
- Polish: zhuyin fuhao n
- Russian: чжуи́нь фуха́о m (čžuínʹ fuxáo), бопомофо́ m or n (bopomofó), чжуи́нь m (čžuínʹ)
- Thai: จู้อินฝูเฮ่า (th)
- Vietnamese: chú âm phù hiệu (注音符號)
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