pinyin

Speech parts

1. pinyin - Noun

2. Pinyin - Proper noun

Meaning

pinyin (uncountable)

Alternative form of Pinyin

pinyin

Alternative form of Pinyin

Pinyin

A system of romanization for Standard Mandarin, used in the People’s Republic of China, and more recently in other Mandarin Chinese-speaking areas as well. [from 20th c.]
Synonym: Hanyu Pinyin

Pinyin

A phonetic script or romanization system for various languages spoken in the People's Republic of China. [from 20th c.]

Pinyin

A Grassfields Bantu language of Cameroon.

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Examples

Academic publishers are more likely than others to adopt pinyin; Columbia University Press changed the titles of Burton Watson 's translations from "Chuang Tzu" to " Zhuangzi " and from "Han Fei Tzu" to " Hanfeizi ". Source: Internet

A pinyin based input system from Luna Ergonomics (CleverTexting). Source: Internet

Asia China and Hong Kong The Book of Common Prayer is called 公禱書 main in Chinese ( pinyin :Gong Dao Shu, Jyutping : Gung Tou Sy). Source: Internet

All of these are designed to use Latin letters in a similar way to pinyin. Source: Internet

Another possible predecessor state was called Po-ni (pinyin: Boni). Source: Internet

A recent study on Chinese writing and literacy concluded, "By and large, pinyin represents the Chinese sounds better than the Wade–Giles system, and does so with fewer extra marks." Source: Internet

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