Zhongb: A Phonetically Transparent Romanization System for Mandarin Chinese with Built-in Homophone Disambiguation

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) 2026 Preprint Open access

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Authors: Hock Chuan Sugianto Wong
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18580823
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Abstract

This paper presents Zhongb (中b), a novel romanization system for Mandarin Chinese designed around three core principles: phonetic transparency aligned with IPA conventions, full ASCII compatibility, and a deterministic homophone disambiguation mechanism that assigns every morpheme a unique written form.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Natural Language Processing Techniques Linguistics and Language Studies Speech Recognition and Synthesis

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Publication date
10 February 2026
Language
EN
Document type
Preprint