phonetic writing

基本解释

Chinese characters are not alphabetic writing but meaning-phonetic writing.
汉字不是拼音文字，而是意音文字。
Chinese is ideographic. Form means can not be used to constitute the new terminology when phonetic writing is translated to ideographic writing.
汉语是表意文字，由表音文字译为表意文字时无法通过形态手段构成新词术语。
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Middle school students add to their knowledge the Pinyin phonetic system and the simplified character writing system, while building on their knowledge of Chinese history and geography.
到了初中，学生则学习拼音与简体字，并且研读中国的历史与地理。