Géyīnzì was invented by Simon Ager in 1993 as an alternative way to write Mandarin Chinese. At the time he was learning to read and write bopomofo, the Chinese Phonetic Alphabet used in Taiwan to show the pronounciation of characters. He decided to create a more rounded version of the script, and eventually came up with Géyīnzì.
The first part of the name 'gé' [kɤ̌] was his surname in Chinese, the second part, yīnzì' [ɪ́n tš] means 'phonetic letters'. In Chinese characters it's written: 革音字.
Mandarin Chinese, but could be adapted to write other varieties of Chinese.
These charts show the Géyīnzì letters with their bopomofo and pinyin equivalents and their IPA transcriptions.
Download an alphabet chart for Géyīnzì (Excel)
ㄖㄣˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄥ ㄦˊ ㄗˋ ㄧㄡˊ， ㄗㄞˋ ㄗㄨㄣ ㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄜˊ ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄌㄧˋ ㄕㄥˋ ㄧ ㄌㄩˋ ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄥˇ． ㄊㄚ ㄇㄣ˙ ㄈㄨˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄏㄜˊ ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄣ， ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄧㄥ ㄧˇ ㄒㄩㄥ ㄉㄧˋ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄒㄧˋ ㄉㄜ˙ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄕㄣˊ ㄏㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄉㄞˋ．
Rénrén shēng ér zìyóu, zài zūnyán hé quánlì shàng yīlù píngděng. Tāmen fùyǒu lǐxìng hé liángxīn, bìng yīng yǐ xiōngdì guānxì de jīngshén hùxiāng duìdài.
人人生而自由﹐在尊嚴和權利上一律平等。他們賦有理性和良心﹐並應以兄弟關係的精神互相對待。
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They
are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another
in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)
Download a Géyīnzì font (TrueType format, 20K) - now with numerals added by Paul Jones
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