Yale romanization of Mandarin
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Yale romanization of Mandarin
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The Yale romanization of Mandarin is a system for transcribing the sounds of Standard Chinese, based on the Beijing dialect of Mandarin. It was devised in 1943 by the Yale sinologist George Kennedy for a course teaching Chinese to American soldiers, and was popularized by continued development of that course at Yale.
The system approximated Chinese sounds using English spelling conventions, in order to accelerate acquisition of correct pronunciation by English speakers. The Yale romanization was
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Romanization for Mandarin Chinese
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2023-10-31T20:01:50Z
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