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| Processed by: | richwarm (2024-06-02 23:35:16 GMT) |
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<< review queue entry 77756 - submitted by 'jonaheisen' >> There is no dash in the word, so I think there shouldn't be a dash in the pinyin. ----------------------------- Editor: I will quote from Yin Binyong & Mary Felley, "Chinese Romanization, Pronunciation & Orthography", Section 11.4 "Use of the Hyphen". QUOTE Hanyu Pinyin makes use of the hyphen in six distinct ways: 1) Coordinate constructions When two morphemes stand in a close relation or in opposition to each other, and each retains its original meaning, then they are linked by a hyphen: Noun + noun: shī-shēng 师生 (teacher-student) gōng-jiàn 弓箭 (bow and arrow) Verb + verb: mǎi-mài 买卖 (buying and selling) dǎ-mà 打骂 (beat and scold) Adjective + adjective hēi-bái 黑白 (black-and-white) kuài-màn 快慢 ("fast-slow": speed) [...] UNQUOTE CC-CEDICT and other dictionaries mostly follow Yin Binyong's pinyin orthography guidelines, although not in 100% of cases – for example, many dictionaries do not use a hyphen for writing 买卖 in pinyin. Nor do they use a hyphen in some other two-syllable coordinate constructions. However, the basic principle of orthography is the enhancement of readability, and I would say that in a case like 评价分类, which is a coordinate pair of two-syllable verbs, the overall length (four syllables) means that using a hyphen is preferable because it makes parsing easier: "píngjià-fēnlèi" is more readable than "píngjiàfēnlèi". |
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# - 評價分類 评价分类 [ping2 jia4 - fen1 lei4] /to assess and classify/ # + 評價分類 评价分类 [[ping2 jia4 fen1 lei4]] /to assess and classify/ |