commission
/kəˈmɪʃən/
on
/ɒn/
the
/ðɪ/
unification
/ˌjuːnɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
of
/əv/
pronunciation
/prəˌnʌnsɪˈeɪʃən/
Description
Commission on the Unification of Pronunciation
organization established by Beiyang government in 1912 to select ancillary phonetic symbols (zhuyin) for Mandarin and set the standard Guoyu pronunciation of basic Chinese characters
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