Re: Pinyin question



Lee Sau Dan:

>>>>>> "Richard" == Richard Fangnail <richardfangnail@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> Richard> Pinyin is not used just for westerners learning Chinese.
> Richard> It is for anyone reading the names of Chinese people or
> Richard> places.
>
> Anyone but the Chinese (and Japanese).
>
>

What do the Chinese use instead? The Japanese have Kana to write
pronounciations - do the Chinese resort to rhyming and such?

Joachim
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