biǎo
yīn
wén

technical
common

Meaning of 表音文字

表音文字 means phonetic writing system; alphabetic script. Pronounced biǎo yīn wén zì.

  • phonetic writing system; alphabetic script

Definitions & Examples

Yīng
 
é
jiǎ
míng
dōu
shǔ
biǎo
yīn
wén
 

English, Russian, and Japanese kana all belong to phonetic writing systems.

Zhōng
wén
shì
biǎo
wén
 
ér
hán
wén
shì
biǎo
yīn
wén
 

Chinese is a logographic writing system, while Korean Hangul is a phonetic script.

Xué
biǎo
yīn
wén
tōng
cháng
xué
biǎo
wén
gèng
róng
mén
 

Learning a phonetic script is usually easier to begin with than learning a logographic one.

Relations

Measure Words

/ zhǒng
Primary
/ tào