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HTML
<p>
This is a Chinese word <span class="chinese-word"><span>wǒ</span><span>我</span></span> in an inline div
</p>
CSS
span.chinese-word {
display: inline-block;
position: relative;
top: 0.5em;
}
span.chinese-word span {
display: block;
text-align: center;
}