Chinese scientists told the Post that publishing under just their pinyin name - in English-language journals in which Mandarin is represented in the Latin alphabet - was challenging when it came ...

Unlike an alphabet, which represents only sounds, each Chinese character has a unique meaning. Although some large dictionaries have over 50,000 characters, you 'only' need 2 - 3,000 to read a ...

SEOUL, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- The city of Seoul has decided to change the Chinese version of its name to avoid unintended political ... Although the Korean language has its own unique alphabet, ...

That the word/name "alphabet" doesn't cover the Chinese language therefore seems like a fitting, if entirely coincidental, snub. Advertisement.

The unusual name stands out especially in Chinese, which has no alphabet and instead uses tens of thousands of multi-stroke characters to represent words. Sign up here.

Chinese scientists told the Post that publishing under just their pinyin name – in English-language journals in which Mandarin is represented in the Latin alphabet – was challenging when it ...