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          Zhou Youguang, the inventor of a system to convert Chinese characters into words with the Roman alphabet, died Saturday at the age of.

          Zhou Youguang, who created pinyin, the system for Romanizing Chinese, died on Saturday, one day after his th birthday.

        1. Born when a Qing dynasty emperor was on the throne, the man who helped invent the Pinyin writing system used for transliterating Chinese worldwide turns on.
        2. Zhou Youguang, the inventor of a system to convert Chinese characters into words with the Roman alphabet, died Saturday at the age of
        3. Until he was 49, Zhou was a successful banker and economics lecturer and held several high-paying positions, here and overseas, including stints.
        4. Born in Changzhou in eastern China's Jiangsu Province in , Zhou was an economist and worked on Wall Street before he turned to linguistics.

          5. Zhou Youguang

          Chinese linguist and author (1906–2017)

          In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhou.

          Zhou Youguang (Chinese: 周有光; pinyin: Zhōu Yǒuguāng; 13 January 1906 – 14 January 2017), also known as Chou Yu-kuang or Chou Yao-ping, was a Chinese economist, linguist, sinologist, and supercentenarian.

          He has been credited as the father of pinyin,[1][2][3] the most popular romanization system for Chinese, which was adopted by the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1958, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in 1982, and the United Nations in 1986.[3][4]

          Early life and career

          Zhou was born Zhou Yaoping in Changzhou, Jiangsu on 13 January 1906 to a Qing government official.[1][5] At the age of ten, he and his family moved to Suzhou.

          In 1918, he entered Changzhou Senior High School, during which time he first took an interest in linguistics. He graduat