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[http://www.foolsworkshop.com/ptou/ Pinyin to Unicode converter] |
[http://www.foolsworkshop.com/ptou/ Pinyin to Unicode converter] [http://www.foolsworkshop.com/downloads/pinyintounicode.txt Source GNU GPL] |
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:"This page performs a simple function. It converts text written in pinyin, with syllable-final tone numbers, into unicode. The result is displayed both as plain unicode text and as the HTML code necessary to display the unicode in a web page. Simply enter or paste in the pinyin and convert." |
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Revision as of 23:42, 9 September 2003
Pinyin w:Pinyin is a Roman alphabet-based phonetic rendering of Chinese word pronunciations. It requires the use of four special macrons over the vowels, representing four tones (in addition to the nominal "5th" tone) which distinguish word meaning.
From Helmer Aslaksen's page on Reading and Writing Pinyin in Unicode
- Warning: Some older browser have trouble with hexadecimal numeric character references, so it may be safest to use decimal.
Latin-1 Supplement - Unicode U+0080 - U+00FF - (128-255) á = á = á = á à = à = à = à é = é = é = é è = è = è = è í = í = í = í ì = ì = ì = ì ó = ó = ó = ó ò = ò = ò = ò ú = ú = ú = ó ù = ù = ù = ù ü = ü = ü = ü subtract 32 for upper case
Latin Extended-A - Unicode U+0100 - U+017F - (256-383) ā = ā = ā ē = ē = ē ě = ě = ě ī = ī = ī ō = ō = ō ū = ū = ū subtract 1 for upper case
Latin Extended-B U+0180 - U+024F (384-591) ǎ = ǎ = ǎ ǐ = ǐ = ǐ ǒ = ǒ = ǒ ǔ = ǔ = ǔ
ǖ = ǖ = ǖ ǘ = ǘ = ǘ ǚ = ǚ = ǚ ǜ = ǜ = ǜ subtract 1 for upper case
Pinyin to Unicode converter Source GNU GPL
- "This page performs a simple function. It converts text written in pinyin, with syllable-final tone numbers, into unicode. The result is displayed both as plain unicode text and as the HTML code necessary to display the unicode in a web page. Simply enter or paste in the pinyin and convert."