Zhuyin or Bopomofo is a system for writing out Chinese phonetically using symbols inspired by fragments of Chinese characters. For example:
懂 | 中 | 文 | |
Zhuyin | ㄉㄨㄥˇ | ㄓㄨㄥ | ㄨㄣˊ |
Pinyin | dǒng | zhōng | wén |
English | understand | Chinese |
Zhuyin is used primarily in Taiwan, where typing on a zhuyin keyboard is the most popular electronic input method for traditional Chinese characters.