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Check back often to find out the definitions and symbols
for the Mandarin (northern) and Cantonese (southern)
Chinese terminology you may hear used at the
Northern Shaolin Kung Fu and Tai Chi Academy.
The symbols used for Mandarin are Chinese Simplified.
The symbols used for Cantonese are Chinese Traditional.
Romanization is converting the symbols to spellings using the English alphabet.
The most modern romanization for Mandarin is pinyin (with accents for pronunciation).
The most modern romanization for Cantonese is jyutping (with numbers for pronunciation).
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