Pinyin
A phonetic script or romanization system for various languages spoken in the People's…A phonetic script or romanization system for various languages spoken in the People's Republic of China, e.g. Tibetan
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1 sensesA phonetic script or romanization system for various languages spoken in the People's Republic of China, e.g. Tibetan
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- The official phonetic system for transcribing the Mandarin pronunciations of Chinese characters into the Latin alphabet.
Examples
7 sentencesHow do I add pinyin to Chinese characters?
How do you add pinyin to Chinese characters?
When learning Chinese, pinyin is very helpful for beginners.
Mastering pinyin is the absolute foundation for speaking Mandarin Chinese correctly.
All children in the PRC learn the Roman alphabet for phonemic pinyin.
Origin
20th c., from Mandarin Chinese 拼音 (pīnyīn, literally “spelled sounds”).20th c., from Mandarin Chinese 拼音 (pīnyīn, literally “spelled sounds”).
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Forms
plural: PinyinsSynonyms
1 synonyms- The official phonetic system for transcribing the Mandarin pronunciations of Chinese characters into the Latin alphabet.:Hanyu Pinyin
Word family
1 related wordsSee also
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