GB/T 16159-1996
Basic rules for Hanyu Pinyin. Orthography (English Version)
- Standard No.
- GB/T 16159-1996
- Language
- Chinese, Available in English version
- Release Date
- 1996
- Published By
- General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People‘s Republic of China
- Status
- 2012-10
- Replace By
- GB/T 16159-2012
- Latest
- GB/T 16159-2012
- Scope
- This standard specifies the rules for spelling modern Chinese using the "Chinese Pinyin Scheme". The content includes participle spelling, idiom spelling, foreign words spelling, personal and place names spelling, standardization, migration rules, etc. In order to meet the special needs, some technical alternatives are proposed at the same time. This standard applies to culture and education, publishing, information processing and other departments, as a unified standard for spelling modern Chinese using the "Chinese Pinyin Scheme".
GB/T 16159-1996 history
- 2012 GB/T 16159-2012 Basic rules of the Chinese phonetic alphabet orthography
- 1996 GB/T 16159-1996 Basic rules for Hanyu Pinyin. Orthography
