Transcription method for the Mandarin Chinese language that is referred to as spelling sounds using a phonetic method that was developed in the 1970s by Chinese linguists and adopted by the Chinese government. It spells the belief system as Daoism.

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Transcription method for the Mandarin Chinese language that is referred to as “spelling sounds” using a phonetic method that was developed in the 1970s by Chinese linguists and adopted by the Chinese government. It spells the belief system as Daoism.

A	Wade-Giles System
B	Pinyin System
C	Either A or B
D	None of the above

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Pinyin, or ‘spell sound’, is a way of teaching Mandarin Chinese phonetically based on the English alphabet.

Detailed explanation-2: -The most common phonetic system is Pinyin. It is used to teach Mainland Chinese school children, and it is also widely used by foreigners learning Mandarin as a second language. Pinyin is a Romanization system. It uses the Roman alphabet to represent the sounds of spoken Mandarin.

Detailed explanation-3: -The two most common Chinese phonetic characters are the Zhuyin alphabet and Hanyu Pinyin.

Detailed explanation-4: -What is Pinyin? Pinyin is a system that uses the Latin alphabet to represent the sounds of Mandarin Chinese. It was created in the 1950s and has since grown into a crucial tool for teaching Chinese as well as for inputting Chinese characters on computers and mobile devices.

Detailed explanation-5: -Pinyin. Hanyu Pinyin is the official system to transcribe Chinese characters into Latin script in the People’s Republic of China, Republic of China (Taiwan), Singapore, and Malaysia.

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