1. pinyin - Noun
2. Pinyin - Proper noun
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.
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