Kuomintang Guomindang For a full conversion table, see Place names have also been written in different ways (though the difference is between the old China Postal Map Romanization and pinyin, not WG and pinyin): Peking = Beijing, Nanking = Nanjing, Sinkiang = Xinjiang, Kiangsu = Jiangsu, Szechwan = Sichuan, Canton = Guangzhou, Tientsin = Tianjin, Chekiang = Zhejiang, Fukien = Fujian, Shensi = Shaanxi (the double deviates from pinyin, to ‘a’ mark a different tone from than neighboring Shanxi. How to pronounce pinyin: (NB: most sounds in Chinese are actually easy for English speakers to pronounce; it’s the Romanization that’s tricky) -‘Q’ = Qu Qiubai = Chu Cheeo-bai ‘ch’ -‘X’ = Xinjiang = Shin-jeeang ‘sh’ -‘C’ = Shen Congwen = Shen Tsung-wen ‘ts’ -‘Zh’ = Xu Zhimo = Shu Jir-muo ‘j’ -‘a’ = lama = lah-mah ‘ah’ -‘e’ = Hebei = Huh-bei ‘uh’ -‘i’ = Xi Jinping = Shee Jin-ping ‘ee’ -‘i’ = when at the end of the syllable (except = Zhidong = Jang Jir-doong ‘ir’ ‘xi’) ‘ir’ -‘u’ = oo Hu Shi = Hoo Shir -‘u’ after y then like German über or French lune Yu Yingshi = Yü Ying-shir are many pronunciation guides on the Internet, see for example: Names will become easier to remember if you are confident about saying them. So do familiarize yourself with pronunciation, but don’t worry if you are not sure or make mistakes! Chinese names Chinese family names come before the given name. So if you just want to use someone’s family name, use the name that comes first. For example, called for a “Mao
Kuomintang Guomindang For a full conversion table, see Place names have also been written in different ways (though the difference is between the old China Postal Map Romanization and pinyin, not WG and pinyin): Peking = Beijing, Nanking = Nanjing, Sinkiang = Xinjiang, Kiangsu = Jiangsu, Szechwan = Sichuan, Canton = Guangzhou, Tientsin = Tianjin, Chekiang = Zhejiang, Fukien = Fujian, Shensi = Shaanxi (the double ‘a’ deviates from pinyin, to mark a different tone from than neighboring Shanxi. How to pronounce pinyin: (NB: most sounds in Chinese are actually easy for English speakers to pronounce; it’s the Romanization that’s tricky) -‘Q’ = ‘ch’ Qu Qiubai = Chu Cheeo-bai -‘X’ = ‘sh’ Xinjiang = Shin-jeeang -‘C’ = ‘ts’ Shen Congwen = Shen Tsung-wen -‘Zh’ = ‘j’ Xu Zhimo = Shu Jir-muo -‘a’ = ‘ah’ lama = lah-mah -‘e’ = ‘uh’ Hebei = Huh-bei -‘i’ = ‘ee’ Xi Jinping = Shee Jin-ping -‘i’ = ‘ir’ when at the end of the syllable (except ‘xi’) = ‘ir’ Zhidong = Jang Jir-doong -‘u’ = oo Hu Shi = Hoo Shir -‘u’ after y then like German über or French lune Yu Yingshi = Yü Ying-shir are many pronunciation guides on the Internet, see for example: Names will become easier to remember if you are confident about saying them. So do familiarize yourself with pronunciation, but don’t worry if you are not sure or make mistakes! Chinese names Chinese family names come before the given name. So if you just want to use someone’s family name, use the name that comes first. For example, “Mao called for a
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