The Father of romanized Chinese Hanyi Pinyin has died

[Cecil Lee]

Mr Zhou Youguang died on 14 January 2017 at the age of 111years.

 

He is attributed to romanized mandarin and in Singapore, I remembered clearly that I started Primary 1 has to learn the traditional strokes. In Primary 2 onwards simplified mandarin.

 

And at the same time each of us received a booklet on Hanyi Pinyin. However, during that time for examinations this was not taken seriously.

 

Some of us found it useful. As Hanyi Pinyin was great for the English speaking students who found difficulties in speaking the language.

 

Rest in peace Mr Zhou Youguan! You made a significant contribution to the advancement of our language..