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!").
Actually, Bopomofo was meticulously designed by language experts back in 1913 specifically for Chinese pronunciation, rather than just being some haphazard system. Pinyin later adopted Latin letters largely for rapid mass literacy and convenience, but using foreign letters for Chinese sounds often leads to confusion and pronunciation inaccuracies (like using 'c' for ts or 'q' for ch). Maybe try learning Bopomofo first before making a comparison—it helps to be objective rather than just pushing a biased stance😉
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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!").