罗马化

羅馬化

luómǎhuà

noun

Meanings

1 romanization (writing a language in the Latin alphabet)
2 to romanize

Characters

(used phonetically; 'Ro-' in Rome)

horse (used phonetically; '-ma')

to transform; -ize, -ification

Examples

汉语的罗马化方案中最常用的是拼音。

Hànyǔ de luómǎhuà fāng'àn zhōng zuì chángyòng de shì pīnyīn.

Among Chinese romanization schemes, Pinyin is the most widely used.

日语也有几种不同的罗马化方法。

Rìyǔ yě yǒu jǐ zhǒng bùtóng de luómǎhuà fāngfǎ.

Japanese also has several different romanization methods.

Tips

usage

罗马 (Rome) + 化 (-ize) — literally 'Rome-ization,' since the Latin alphabet originated in Rome. For Mandarin, 拼音 (Pinyin) is now the international standard, but historical schemes 威妥玛 (Wade–Giles) and 注音 (Bopomofo) — strictly speaking, the latter isn't romanization since it uses native symbols — are still encountered.

Stroke Order

罗 luó

马 mǎ

化 huà