• 1. Introduction
  • 2. Words shortened in formal shumianyu writing
  • 3. Full forms and contracted forms of nouns and noun phrases
  • 4. Organization names
  • 5. Simplified forms for Chinese provinces and some cities
  • 6. Contractions of U.S.A. state names
  • 7. Countries

  • Exercises

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Shumianyu

Chapter 3 / Part 3

Full forms and contracted forms of nouns and noun phrases


English Long form Pinyin Short form Pinyin
subway 地下铁路 dì xià
tiě lù
地铁 dì tiě
influenza 流行性感冒 liú xíng xìng
gǎn mào
流感 liú gǎn
health insurance 健康保险 jiàn kāng
bǎo xiǎn
健保 jiàn bǎo
legislator 立法委员 lì fǎ
wěi yuán
立委 lì wěi
environmental
protection
环境保护 huán jìng
bǎo hù
环保 huán bǎo
Cultural Revolution 文化大革命 wén huà
dà gé mìng
文革 wén gé

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