Proper Name guide

Zhuyin fuhao

name · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /t͡ʃuːˌɪn fuːˈhaʊ/
  • /(d)ʒuːˌjɪn fuːˈhaʊ/ hyperforeign
  • zho͞o-yĭn' fo͞o-hou' hyperforeign
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  • rhymes with -aʊ

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Meaning 1

A phonetic alphabet used to transcribe Mandarin for students of that language and for inputting Chinese, now used primarily only in Taiwan. Variants also exist for other Chinese lects spoken in Taiwan.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Zhuyin, bopomofo

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 注音符號 /注音符号 (zhùyīn fúhào, literally “symbol(s) for annotation of sounds”).

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بُوبُومُوفُو (būbūmūfū) — Zhuyin fuhao (bopomofo)
  • Bulgarian: джуин (džuin) — Zhuyin fuhao (bopomofo)
  • Bulgarian: бопомофо́ (bopomofó) — Zhuyin fuhao (bopomofo)
  • Cherokee: ᏆᏉᎼᏬ (quaquomowo) — Zhuyin fuhao (bopomofo)
  • Chinese Cantonese: 注音符號 /注音符号 — Zhuyin fuhao (bopomofo)
  • Chinese Cantonese: 注音 (zyu3 jam1) — Zhuyin fuhao (bopomofo)
  • Chinese: 注音符號 /注音符号 (chù-im hû-hō) — Zhuyin fuhao (bopomofo)
  • Chinese: 注音 (zh-min-nan) — Zhuyin fuhao (bopomofo)
  • Chinese Mandarin: 注音符號 /注音符号 (zhùyīn fúhào) — Zhuyin fuhao (bopomofo)
  • Chinese Mandarin: 注音 (zhùyīn) — Zhuyin fuhao (bopomofo)
  • Chinese Mandarin: ㄅㄆㄇㄈ (bōpōmōfō, bēpēmēfē) — Zhuyin fuhao (bopomofo)
  • French: bopomofo — Zhuyin fuhao (bopomofo)
  • French: zhuyin fuhao — Zhuyin fuhao (bopomofo)
  • German: Zhuyin Fuhao — Zhuyin fuhao (bopomofo)
  • German: Zhuyin — Zhuyin fuhao (bopomofo)
  • German: Bopomofo — Zhuyin fuhao (bopomofo)
  • Japanese: 注音符号 — Zhuyin fuhao (bopomofo)
  • Japanese: ボポモフォ (bopomofo) — Zhuyin fuhao (bopomofo)
  • Korean: 주음 부호 (jueum buho) — Zhuyin fuhao (bopomofo)
  • Korean: 보포모포 (bopomopo) — Zhuyin fuhao (bopomofo)
  • Polish: zhuyin fuhao — Zhuyin fuhao (bopomofo)
  • Russian: чжуи́нь фуха́о (čžuínʹ fuxáo) — Zhuyin fuhao (bopomofo)
  • Russian: бопомофо́ (bopomofó) — Zhuyin fuhao (bopomofo)
  • Russian: чжуи́нь (čžuínʹ) — Zhuyin fuhao (bopomofo)
  • Thai: จู้อินฝูเฮ่า — Zhuyin fuhao (bopomofo)
  • Vietnamese: chú âm phù hiệu — Zhuyin fuhao (bopomofo)