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China Terminology ›› 2015, Vol. 17 ›› Issue (5): 20-24.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-8578.2015.05.004

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The Exploration on Difficulties in the Chinese Phonetic Alphabet of Scientific Terms: Case Study of The Cross-straits Common Dictionary on Science & Technology

DU Xiang, LI Zhijiang   

  • Received:2015-09-10 Online:2015-10-25 Published:2015-11-04

Abstract: According to Basic Rules of Chinese Pinyin Orthography, about 19 500 terms of proper nouns are listed in The Cross-straits Common Dictionary on Science & Technology. The paper explores the difficult points when giving the Pinyin form, such as integrity of concept, combining or not, hyphen use, etc., explains how to tackle these problems, and shows thinking and evidence of the approach.

Key words: Chinese Pinyin, orthography, terminology

CLC Number:  (术语规范及交流)