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Spelling (拼法) is the set of rules about the usage of graphemes to write a language. In Chinese, the characters are graphemes, so spelling refers to how characters are used together to spell words. Use this tag for questions about usage of particular characters instead of others to represent sounds.

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Why is it written LIU in Pinyin, when there's clearly an O sound?

对 dui4 actually sounds like due, the diphthong doesn't finish since it's the shortest tone Spelling them all differently based on tone doesn't make sense. The shorter spelling is more economical. …
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