This is the file pinyin.txt of the CJK macro package ver. 4.6.0
(11-Aug-2005).

pinyin.sty
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This style file (which can be also used under plain TeX) enables the input
of pinyin syllables with tones.

Say

    \usepackage{pinyin}

to load all pinyin macros under LaTeX2e; say `\input pinyin.sty' under plain
TeX.

An example explains best how to input pinyin:

    \Wo3 \hen3 \xi3\huan1 \chi1 \Zhong1\guo2 \cai4.

Note there is no fifth tone marker in pinyin (Zhuyinfuhao uses a dot to
indicate the fifth tone; on the other hand no marker is used for the first
tone). Nevertheless you can say e.g., \ne5 to get the syllable `ne' without a
tone.


There are some special cases: 

    o   use `v' instead of `u umlaut' in pinyin syllables (these are \lv,
        \lve, \nv, \nve and its uppercase forms). Example:

            \nv3'\er2       daughter

        The appearance of u umlaut with additional tone markers has been
        tested with the standard cm, ec, and PostScript fonts.

    o   use \Long and \LONG instead of \long and \Long (which you would
        expect): \long is a very important internal TeX command. Many
        packages would fail if we redefined \long.


Problems:

    The following macros are redefined if you load pinyin.sty:

        \a, \chi, \cong, \ge, \hang, \le, \min, \mu, \ne, \ni, \nu, \o, \pi,
        \Pi, \Re, \tan, \xi, \Xi.

    They are available as \PY... (\PYchi, \PYcong, etc.).

    If this is not enough, you can say \PYdeactivate to restore the original
    definitions (and reactivate these syllables with \PYactivate).


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