"Bernd Warken" <groff-bernd.warken...@web.de> wrote (Mon, 4 Aug 2014 18:06:03 +0200): > For `gpinyin', the European-like Chinese, I need to create character > overstrikes for the 1st (a macron) and the 3rd tone (a caron). > To append an accent over the ü and Ü characters (u/U umlaut) for all > 4 tones seems to be even more complex.
Pin Yin doesn't use a ü glyph. It was at least not teached to me at Humbold University in 2007. Instead u is pronounced like the german ü at some well differentiated sylables like yǔ in hànyǔ. Maybe that simplifies overstriking. Regards Holger
