Pinyin

See also: pinyin and pīnyīn

English

Etymology 1

From Mandarin Chinese 拼音 (pīnyīn)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɪnjɪn/

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Pinyin

  1. A system of romanization for Standard Mandarin, used in the People’s Republic of China, and more recently in other Chinese-speaking areas as well.
    Synonym: Hanyu Pinyin
Translations

Noun

Pinyin

  1. A phonetic script or romanization system for a language spoken in the People's Republic of China.
    • For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:Pinyin.

See also

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Pinyin

  1. A Grassfields Bantu language of Cameroon.

See also

  • Wiktionary's coverage of Pinyin terms

Further reading


Spanish

Proper noun

Pinyin m

  1. Pinyin
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