Exercise

Chinese GB simplified encoding

Many of the words in the following passage from Chao's Mandarin Primer (which uses GR throughout) have been converted to Pinyin and GB-coded characters, and are in bold magenta typeface. See if you can jot down the GR spelling of these words on a piece of paper—or just spell them out loud to yourself. You can then check your answers by holding the mouse cursor over the Pinyin/characters to see the correct GR spelling (this may not work in Netscape 4). Alternatively you can see the whole passage in GR.


Hai3shang º£ÉÏ Jiu4 3/4È ren

Jea: Wai1 ι! Nii.men kuai4 dianr ¿ìµã¨æ lai kan4 ¿´, you3 jia4 ÓÐ ¼Ü feiji diao4xialai µôÏÂÀ´ le! Feiji chu- shi4 Ê le!

Yii: Nar3 ÄĨæ ne?

Jea: Nei4bianr ÄDZߨæ ! Kan4jian ¿´¼û le ma? Fa1dong4ji1 ·¢¶¯»ú zhao2huo3 ×Å»ð le, nii qiao2 ÇÆ ! Feiji li Àï de ren bu zhi1dao4 ÖªµÀ tao2 ÌÓ .chulaile meiyou ûÓÐ ...

Yii: Nii Kan4jian ¿´¼û de dao4di3 µ½µ× sh zen3me yangr4 Ôõ÷áÑù¨æ de yi ge Ò»¸ö dong1xi ¶«Î÷ lai2zhe À´×Å? Sh fang ·½ de, sh yuan2 Ô² de? You3 ÓÐ duo2 da4 ¶à´ó ? Sh shen2me ʲ÷á yan2se ÑÕÉ« de?

Jea: Yin1wei4 ÒòΪ li2 Àë zher4 Õâ¨æ tai4 yuan3 Ì«Ô¶ le, suo3yi3 ËùÒÔ woo yee fen.bu-chu sh hong2 ºì lü4 ÂÌ huang2 »Æ qing1 Çà lan2 À À¶ zi3 ×Ï, hai2shi »¹ÊÇ shen2me ʲ÷á yan2se ÑÕÉ« .lai le.
Adapted from YR Chao Mandarin Primer (1948), Chapter 12
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