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"Be as close to English pronunciation as possible"?

• jpatokal 8y ago
  That works if your target audience is English speakers. However, the main consumer of pinyin is Chinese in China, where it's ubiquitous for glossing the readings of Chinese characters, either because some people can't read them, because some characters are obscure, or just for stylistic reasons. Some thoughts on the topic: https://driftingclouds.net/2018/07/17/from-siberia-to-tibet-china-as-a-tourist/ https://driftingclouds.net/2018/07/17/from-siberia-to-tibet-...