Zhou Youguang, The Father Of Pinyin, Dies At Age 111

<p>Zhou Youguang, the father of Pinyin, passed away on January 14, 2017, the day after his 111th birthday.</p> <p>His creation, Pinyin, has become the most common romanization system for Chinese characters around the world.</p> <p>Chinese characters are non-phonetic. Therefore, a Chinese reader can only take a guess at the pronunciation of a character he or she has never seen before. Thus, Pinyin acts as a pronunciation guide for Chinese.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/ivannovation/zhou-youguang-the-father-of-pinyin-dies-at-age-111-112f08247a59"><strong>Learn More</strong></a></p>