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WhileresidentsacrossChinausethesamewrittencharactersystem,thewaythewordsarepronounceddiffersfromregiontoregion.StandardChineseisMandarinor普通话(pǔtōnghuà),anditconsistsoffivepronunciationtones.
In,theChinesegovernmentrolledoutitsRomanizedversionofMandarin.Priortothat,therewereseveraldifferentmethodstosoundoutChinesecharactersusingEnglishletters.Overtheyears,拼音(pīnyīn)hasbe