Were there pinyin letters in ancient China?

In ancient times, there was no pinyin, so we used reverse cutting, that is, we used two words that we could read, took the initial of the first and the final of the second, and put them together. The Hui brothers in ancient China learned Arabic instead of Chinese characters, but spelled spoken Chinese with Arabic letters, so this is the earliest pinyin in China.

In the Yuan Dynasty, Mongolian rulers spelled Chinese and other languages with Tibetan letters, which were called Basiba characters. Although it is not specialized in spelling Chinese, it is also a kind of Chinese Pinyin. In the Ming Dynasty, western missionaries spelled Chinese with Latin letters, which was the earliest Latin pinyin in China. At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, there appeared a phonetic notation way to express Chinese pronunciation with simple ancient characters. During the Republic of China, the government formulated "phonetic symbols", which is the concentrated embodiment of this system.

The development of history

In February 1958, 1 1, the Fifth Session of the First National People's Congress officially approved the publication of the Chinese Pinyin Scheme, and the legal Chinese romanization Pinyin Scheme was born, realizing the dream of the people of China who have worked hard for it since the end of 19.

Wu Du, then Premier the State Council and director of the China Language Reform Committee, said: The Chinese Pinyin Scheme is a summary of the historical experience of the people of China in creating Pinyin Scheme in the past 60 years.

Refer to the above content: China News Network-History of Chinese Pinyin.