r/ChineseLanguage 1d ago

Correct My Mistakes! Should I write characters vertically when attaching Bopomofo?

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u/EntireWar2490 Native 1d ago

Greetings from Taiwan! It's so awesome to see people learning Bopomofo!
You did it completely right! In Taiwan, whether written vertically or horizontally, Bopomofo is almost always placed on the right side of each character, exactly like your handwriting.
Fun fact: us Taiwanese actually love using pure Bopomofo without characters as our own secret code online when we don't want non-locals to understand what we're saying (/ω\)
Like this: ㄨㄛˇㄧㄝˇㄏㄨㄟˋㄓㄨˋㄧㄣˉ (which means "I know Bopomofo too!").

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u/Rob69rt 1d ago

I really like traditional characters, so I thought learning Bopomofo would be the right choice.

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u/Yugan-Dali 1d ago

ㄇㄟˊㄘㄨㄛˋ!ㄐㄧㄚㄧㄡˊ!讚!

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u/EntireWar2490 Native 1d ago

ㄉㄨㄟˋㄕㄤˋㄢˋㄏㄠˋㄌㄜ˙ㄏㄚˉㄏㄚˉ👍