Talk:General Discussion/@comment-25034194-20140623125703/@comment-16545476-20140624180947

There is a chinese alphebet system that's adopted by the ROC, and it's used to teach children how to read the corresponding characters.

For example, take the "I love you" mentioned earlier is spelled like this: ㄨㄛˇ  ㄞˋ ㄋ一ˇ (我愛你).

But the PRC didn't use the same system because of political differences. Also you have to spend time learning additional letters, which is practically useless because you just don't use them in ordinary circumstances.(It also adds in a huge amount of confusion for for foreign learners.) This particular alphebet system was soley meant to aid children on how to pronounce characters, and the only other use is when people in regions like Taiwan wants to type something into their computers. (Try the windows traditional chinese input for Taiwan and you'll get the whole idea.)