<div dir="ltr"><span style="border-collapse: collapse;">LANGUAGE&nbsp;SUBTAG&nbsp;<span class="nfakPe">REGISTRATION</span>&nbsp;FORM<br>1.&nbsp;Name&nbsp;of&nbsp;requester:&nbsp;<br><br>Mark&nbsp;Davis<br><br>2.&nbsp;E-mail&nbsp;address&nbsp;of&nbsp;requester:&nbsp;<br><br><a href="mailto:markdavis@google.com" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);" target="_blank">markdavis@google.com</a><br>

<br>3.&nbsp;Record&nbsp;Requested:<br><br>Type:&nbsp;variant<br>Subtag:&nbsp;pinyin<br>Description:&nbsp;Hanyu Pinyin&nbsp;romanization&nbsp;of Mandarin Chinese<br>Prefix:&nbsp;zh<br><br>4.&nbsp;Intended&nbsp;meaning&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;subtag:<br><br>To&nbsp;distinguish </span><span style="border-collapse: collapse;">Mandarin </span><span style="border-collapse: collapse;">Chinese&nbsp;content&nbsp;written&nbsp;in&nbsp;Latin&nbsp;characters&nbsp;using&nbsp;the&nbsp;Hanyu Pinyin&nbsp;romanization (transliteration/transcription)&nbsp;from the other&nbsp;possible&nbsp;transcriptions.<br>

<br>5.&nbsp;Reference&nbsp;to&nbsp;published&nbsp;description&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;language&nbsp;(book&nbsp;or&nbsp;article):<br><br>Hanyu Pinyin,&nbsp;the&nbsp;most&nbsp;commonly&nbsp;used&nbsp;system&nbsp;for </span><span style="border-collapse: collapse;">Mandarin </span><span style="border-collapse: collapse;">Chinese&nbsp;romanization,&nbsp;has&nbsp;been&nbsp;the&nbsp;national&nbsp;standard&nbsp;of&nbsp;China&nbsp;since&nbsp;1958,&nbsp;and&nbsp;an&nbsp;international&nbsp;standard&nbsp;(&nbsp;ISO&nbsp;7098:1991,&nbsp;2nd&nbsp;ed.)&nbsp;since&nbsp;1982.<div>

<br></div><div>See&nbsp;also&nbsp;the&nbsp;LOC&nbsp;page for the relation between&nbsp;Hanyu Pinyin&nbsp;and Wade-Giles:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pinyin/romcover.html" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);" target="_blank">http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pinyin/romcover.html</a><br>

<br>6.&nbsp;Any&nbsp;other&nbsp;relevant&nbsp;information:</div></span><br>
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