注音 zhù yīn

DEFINITIONS

  1. to indicate the pronunciation of Chinese characters using Pinyin or Bopomofo etc
  2. phonetic notation
  3. (specifically) Bopomofo (abbr. for 注音符號|注音符号[zhu4 yin1 fu2 hao4])

CHARACTERS

注 zhù concentrate, focus, direct
音 yīn sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation