不同时期用不同的汉字表示黎人，表明这些汉字记录的只是黎人自称的不同读音而已。

The various Chinese characters used from time to time, show that it is simply the sound of the name by which they designate themselves that is given.

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在中国，书面语言非常标准，在不同地区，汉字表达的意思都相同，但读音却千差万别。

The written language is fairly standard throughout China, with characters possessing the same meanings and different pronunciations in different parts of the country.

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我即便想写也困难重重——在我打字输入本文时，我电脑的中文输入法为“bi”的读音给出了57个不同的对应汉字，但是跟在“牛”后面那个并不在其中。

I'd be hard-put to write it even if I wanted to - as I type this, my computer's Chinese input program suggests 57 different characters with the pronunciation bi - that of the cow is not among them.

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