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Chinese phonetics.
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Zhou Youguang
Chinese linguist and author (1906–2017)
In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhou.
Zhou Youguang (Chinese: 周有光; pinyin: Zhōu Yǒuguāng; 13 January 1906 – 14 January 2017), also known as Chou Yu-kuang or Chou Yao-ping, was a Chinese economist, linguist, sinologist, and supercentenarian.
He has been credited as the father of pinyin,[1][2][3] the most popular romanization system for Chinese, which was adopted by the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1958, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in 1982, and the United Nations in 1986.[3][4]
Early life and career
Zhou was born Zhou Yaoping in Changzhou, Jiangsu on 13 January 1906 to a Qing government official.[1][5] At the age of ten, he and his family moved to Suzhou.
In 1918, he entered Changzhou Senior High School, during which time he first took an interest in linguistics. He graduat
