写 法 xiě fǎ style of writing (literary style) / way of writing a character / spelling 拼 字 pīn zì to spell / spelling 拼 法 pīn fǎ spelling / orthography 斯 佩 林 sī pèi lín Spelling (e.g. Spelling Entertainment Group) 一 yī one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit 么 yāo youngest / most junior / tiny / one (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers, esp. on telephone or in military) / one or ace on dice or dominoes / variant of 吆[yao1], to shout 罗 布 luó bù to display / to spread out / to distribute / old spelling of 盧布|卢布[lu2 bu4], ruble 洞 dòng cave / hole / zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers) / CL:個|个[ge4] 幺 yāo youngest / most junior / tiny / one (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers, esp. on telephone or in military) / one or ace on dice or dominoes / variant of 吆[yao1], to shout 乔 治 城 Qiáo zhì chéng Georgetown / (the spelling 喬治敦|乔治敦 / is more common) 利 马 窦 Lì Mǎ dòu Matteo Ricci (1552-1610), Jesuit missionary and translator in Ming China / erroneous spelling of 利瑪竇|利玛窦 吴 旗 Wú qí Wuqi town and county, Shaanxi / old spelling of Wuqi 吳起|吴起[Wu2 qi3] 吴 旗 县 Wú qí xiàn Wuqi county, Shaanxi / old spelling of 吳起縣|吴起县[Wu2 qi3 xian4] 彼 得 格 勒 Bǐ dé gé lè Petrograd, variant spelling of 彼得堡[Bi3 de2 bao3], Saint Petersburg 托 克 托 Tuō kè tuō Togtoh county, Mongolian Togtox khoshuu, in Hohhot 呼和浩特[Hu1 he2 hao4 te4], Inner Mongolia / alternative spelling of 脫脫|脱脱[Tuo1 tuo1], Yuan dynasty politician Toktoghan (1314-1355) 拼 写 错 误 pīn xiě cuò wù spelling mistake / written error 拼 读 pīn dú to pronounce a word after mentally processing its spelling / (phonics) blending 新 式 拚 法 xīn shì pīn fǎ new spelling (linguistics) 横 浜 Héng bīn Japanese spelling of Yokohama (Chinese spelling 橫濱|横滨[Heng2 bin1]) 异 形 词 yì xíng cí variant spelling of the same Chinese word, e.g. 筆劃|笔划[bi3 hua4] and 筆畫|笔画[bi3 hua4] / exact synonym and homonym written with different characters 缀 字 课 本 zhuì zì kè běn spelling book 豪 油 háo yóu oyster sauce / correct spelling 蠔油|蚝油 首 尔 市 Shǒu ěr Shì Seoul Metropolitan City, capital of South Korea (Chinese spelling adopted in 2005) 金 正 银 Jīn Zhèng yín former spelling of Kim Jong-un 金正恩[Jin1 Zheng4 en1]