Troubadour WW
@troubadourww.bsky.social
I am the developer of Pīnyīn Typist, the quickest, easiest, most fun & natural way to type Pīnyīn with tone marks on the iPad/iPhone/iPod touch.
I think it’s likely that, as a singer, Solar on a deep level realizes that what really matters in speaking (and singing!) is the *sound*, not that the speech or the lyrics are written in characters.
_Pīnyīn_ lets us focus on the *sound* of Mandarin speech (and singing!).
_Pīnyīn_ lets us focus on the *sound* of Mandarin speech (and singing!).
July 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I think it’s likely that, as a singer, Solar on a deep level realizes that what really matters in speaking (and singing!) is the *sound*, not that the speech or the lyrics are written in characters.
_Pīnyīn_ lets us focus on the *sound* of Mandarin speech (and singing!).
_Pīnyīn_ lets us focus on the *sound* of Mandarin speech (and singing!).
Blind Chinese people cannot see Chinese characters, but they can still read and write Mandarin with _Chinese Braille_.
_Chinese Braille_ is based on _Pīnyīn_—they both represent the sounds of Mandarin.
Since _Chinese Braille_ is obviously a writing system, so is _Pīnyīn_.
_Chinese Braille_ is based on _Pīnyīn_—they both represent the sounds of Mandarin.
Since _Chinese Braille_ is obviously a writing system, so is _Pīnyīn_.
April 13, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Blind Chinese people cannot see Chinese characters, but they can still read and write Mandarin with _Chinese Braille_.
_Chinese Braille_ is based on _Pīnyīn_—they both represent the sounds of Mandarin.
Since _Chinese Braille_ is obviously a writing system, so is _Pīnyīn_.
_Chinese Braille_ is based on _Pīnyīn_—they both represent the sounds of Mandarin.
Since _Chinese Braille_ is obviously a writing system, so is _Pīnyīn_.
“_Chinese Braille_…is in principle a conversion of _Hanyu Pinyin_ into braille letters…If braille is a script [writing system], which no one doubts, especially not blind people, then _Hanyu Pinyin_ must also be a script [writing system].” www.sino-platonic.org/complete/spp...
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April 13, 2025 at 11:02 PM
“_Chinese Braille_…is in principle a conversion of _Hanyu Pinyin_ into braille letters…If braille is a script [writing system], which no one doubts, especially not blind people, then _Hanyu Pinyin_ must also be a script [writing system].” www.sino-platonic.org/complete/spp...