phonetic notation; mark pronunciation
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to mark with phonetic symbols; to indicate pronunciation
Commonly refers to adding phonetic notation (such as pinyin or zhuyin fuhao) to Chinese characters to aid reading.
lǎo老
shī师
gěi给
shēng生
cí词
zhù注
yīn音
。
The teacher marked the pronunciation for the new vocabulary.
zhè这
běn本
shū书
méi没
yǒu有
zhù注
yīn音
，
chū初
xué学
zhě者
dú读
qǐ起
lái来
hěn很
kùn困
nan难
。
This book has no phonetic notation, so beginners find it very difficult to read.
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qǐng请
yòng用
pīn拼
yīn音
gěi给
zhè这
xiē些
hàn汉
zì字
zhù注
yīn音
。
Please mark these Chinese characters with pinyin phonetic notation.