"Orthography" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 拼法 | pīn fǎ | spelling / orthography |  |
| 正字法 | zhèng zì fǎ | orthography | |
| 正词法 | zhèng cí fǎ | orthography (linguistics) | |
| 浅层文字 | qiǎn céng wén zì | shallow orthography (governed by simple rules) | |
| 浅层正字法 | qiǎn céng zhèng zì fǎ | shallow orthography | |
| 深层文字 | shēn céng wén zì | deep orthography (not governed by simple rules) | |
| 深层正字法 | shēn céng zhèng zì fǎ | deep orthography | |
| 隔音符号 | gé yīn fú hào | apostrophe, as used in pinyin orthography (i.e. to mark a boundary between two syllables, as in "dàng'àn" 檔案|档案[dang4 an4]) | |
