Wu Zhihui

Wu Zhihui
Woo Tsin-hang
Born25 March 1865 (1865-03-25)
Wujin, Qing China
Died30 October 1953(1953-10-30) (aged 88)
Taipei, Taiwan
Known forBopomofo
Political partyKuomintang
SpouseYuan Rongqing (袁榮慶)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese吳稚暉
Simplified Chinese吴稚晖
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinWú Zhìhuī
Wade–GilesWu2 Chih4-hui1
IPA[ǔ ʈʂɨ̂xwéɪ]
Southern Min
Tâi-lôNgôo Tī-hui
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese吳敬恆
Simplified Chinese吴敬恒
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinWú Jìnghéng
Wade–GilesWu2 Ching4-heng2
IPA[ǔ tɕîŋxə̌ŋ]
Southern Min
Tâi-lôNgôo Kìng-hîng

Wu Jingheng (Chinese: 吳敬恆), commonly known by his courtesy name Wu Zhihui (Woo Chih-hui, Chinese: 吳稚暉; 1865–1953), also known as Wu Shi-Fee,[1] was a Chinese linguist and philosopher who was the chairman of the 1912–13 Commission on the Unification of Pronunciation that created Zhuyin (based on Zhang Binglin's work) and standardized Guoyu pronunciation.

Wu became an anarchist during his stay in France in the first decade of the 20th century, along with Li Shizeng, Zhang Renjie, and Cai Yuanpei. With them, he was known as one of the strongly anti-communist "Four Elders" of the Nationalist Party in the 1920s.[2]

  1. ^ Wu Shi-Fee, used in the League of Nations documents (International Committee on Intellectual Cooperation).
  2. ^ Boorman (1970), p. 416.