zhuyin, a Mandarin phonetic notation system used in Taiwan
Definitions (Wiktionary)
noun
phonetic notation, phonetic symbols
verb
to give the phonetic notation of a word or phrase
1605年，來中國的意大利傳教士利瑪竇最初用拉丁字母來給漢字注音。
1605年，来中国的意大利传教士利玛窦最初用拉丁字母来给汉字注音。
１６０５ nián ， lái zhōng guó de yì dà lì chuán jiào shì lì mǎ dòu zuì chū yòng lā dīng zì mǔ lái gěi hàn zì zhù yīn ． In 1605, Matteo Ricci (Li Madou), an Italian missionary who came to China, first used the Latin alphabet to phoneticize Chinese characters.