>Daoism >Laozi >Maozedong >Daodejing

>>1734094
do you want to elaborate what your point is?

>>1734094
>one of these things is not like the other

>>1734201
>Daoism
>Laozi
>Maozedong
>Daodejing

instead of

>Taoism
>Lao Tse
>Mao Tse Tung
>Tao Te Ching

>>1734240
ooooh its autism, and in anycase what makes "taoism" superior to "daoism" its pronounced with a "D" anyway

>>1734240
Pinyin is objectively superior

>>1734240
Guomindang
Zhongguoren
Beijing
Qing

I like this better.

>>1734240
>complaining about pinyin
What, have you been asleep for the past fifty years?

>>1734094
Maozedong..you funny pepe

>Complaining about a transliteration system that's literally better in every way than Wade-Giles
kys frogposter

>>1734251

For chinks maybe, but Gales-Wade preserves the pronunciations better for western speakers.

I've been looking a blogs about chinese history recently but I still have trouble with how Mandarin words are actually pronounced. Is there a good guide to it anywhere?

>>1734094
Taoism is pretty laozi amirite?

>>1734240
Have you ever talked to a native Chinese speaker?

Yeah.

>>1736411
This.

Cow Cow. Kwing Dynasty. Empress Sixee.

you forgot the best one anon

>chuko liang