Re:Zhou Youguang, creator of the Pinyin writing system, has ...
by gurkendoktor on Sunday January 15, 2017 @04:40AM
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> Many foreigners now demand the use of Pinyin because it uses the Latin alphabet and it's more comfortable for them. A lot of places will still expect you to learn Bopomofo
As far as I know, the rule of thumb is that exchange students are taught using Pinyin, and full-time students use Bopomofo. Teaching materials usually have both, anyway, so I don't think it's a big deal.
> I've also yet to meet a Taiwanese person who uses anything other than Bopomofo for input on their phones and computers.
I've seen older people use the handwriting IME on iOS. You can tell when you see stray simplified characters or other variants that can't be produced with Bopomofo :)
As far as I know, the rule of thumb is that exchange students are taught using Pinyin, and full-time students use Bopomofo. Teaching materials usually have both, anyway, so I don't think it's a big deal.
> I've also yet to meet a Taiwanese person who uses anything other than Bopomofo for input on their phones and computers.
I've seen older people use the handwriting IME on iOS. You can tell when you see stray simplified characters or other variants that can't be produced with Bopomofo :)