<p>Never.</p>
<p>Although you may think such notation is convenient, Chinese people really dislike using Latin notations in Chinese books, especially for linguistics.</p>
<p>They use:</p>
<ul>
<li>&quot;动&quot; instead of &quot;v.&quot; for verbs</li>
<li>&quot;名&quot; instead of &quot;n.&quot; for nouns</li>
<li>&quot;繁&quot; instead of your &quot;t&quot; for Traditional Chinese.</li>
</ul>

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<p>I've never come across the notation &quot;(t 某某, s 某某)&quot; to indicate traditional and simplified Chinese characters together, so I was quite confused when I came across this on the Wikipedia page for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuxi" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Fuxi</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>He was also known as <strong>Paoxi</strong> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_characters" rel="nofollow noreferrer">t</a> <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%BA%96%E7%8A%A7" rel="nofollow noreferrer">庖犧</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplified_characters" rel="nofollow noreferrer">s</a> <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%BA%96%E7%89%BA" rel="nofollow noreferrer">庖牺</a>), also romanized as <strong>Pao-hsi</strong>.</p>
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<p>At first I wasn't even sure what <code>t</code> and <code>s</code> stood for. Luckily there were links <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_characters" rel="nofollow noreferrer">t</a> linked to Wikipedia page for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_characters" rel="nofollow noreferrer">traditional chracters</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplified_characters" rel="nofollow noreferrer">s</a> linked to the Wikipedia page for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplified_characters" rel="nofollow noreferrer">simplified characters</a>.</p>
<p>Is this common notation? Is it accepted notation?</p>

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No. It's a notation limited to wikipedia.
fefe
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(繁)(簡) or (繁)(简) are the common notations.  e.g.  "庖犧" (繁);  "庖牺" (简)
Tang Ho
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@fefe But, I haven't even seen it on other wiki pages before...as far as I can recall, that is.
Mou某
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I have never seen this, maybe it is just a technical problem, the code is used by wiki program internally, but show unintentionally.
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Is "(t 某某, s 某某)" accepted notation for showing traditional and simplified characters together?
# Is "(t 某某, s 某某)" accepted notation for showing traditional and simplified characters together?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-05-17)

I've never come across the notation "(t 某某, s 某某)" to indicate traditional and simplified Chinese characters together, so I was quite confused when I came across this on the Wikipedia page for [Fuxi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuxi):

> He was also known as **Paoxi** ([t](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_characters) [庖犧](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%BA%96%E7%8A%A7), [s](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplified_characters) [庖牺](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%BA%96%E7%89%BA)), also romanized as **Pao-hsi**.

At first I wasn't even sure what `t` and `s` stood for. Luckily there were links [t](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_characters) linked to Wikipedia page for [traditional chracters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_characters) and [s](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplified_characters) linked to the Wikipedia page for [simplified characters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplified_characters).

Is this common notation? Is it accepted notation?

**Tags:** traditional-vs-simplified, notation

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: No. It's a notation limited to wikipedia.  
> **username_2**: (繁)(簡) or (繁)(简) are the common notations.  e.g.  "庖犧" (繁);  "庖牺" (简)  
> **username_0**: @username_1 But, I haven't even seen it on other wiki pages before...as far as I can recall, that is.  
> **username_3**: I have never seen this, maybe it is just a technical problem, the code is used by wiki program internally, but show unintentionally.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_4 on 2018-08-01. Score: 5 | Accepted answer

Never.

Although you may think such notation is convenient, Chinese people really dislike using Latin notations in Chinese books, especially for linguistics.

They use:

* "动" instead of "v." for verbs
* "名" instead of "n." for nouns
* "繁" instead of your "t" for Traditional Chinese.


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