Romanization
The act or process of putting text into the Latin alphabet, by means such as…The act or process of putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet, by means such as transliteration and transcription.
» The Chinese Phonetic Alphabet, commonly called Hanyu Pinyin or simply pinyin, is the most common romanization system for Standard Chinese.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable, usually)The act or process of putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet, by means such as transliteration and transcription.
Romanisierung
латиниза́цияlatinizácija, романиза́цияromanizácija
латиніза́ціяlatynizácija, романіза́ціяromanizácija
(countable)An instance (a string) of text transliterated or transcribed from another alphabet into the Latin alphabet.
Examples
2 sentencesThe Chinese Phonetic Alphabet, commonly called Hanyu Pinyin or simply pinyin, is the most common romanization system for Standard Chinese.
Read the dissertation "Writing Taiwanese: The Pe̍h-ōe-jī Romanization and Identity Construction in Taiwan," about the Hokkien Sinitic topolect.
Translations
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Origin
From romanize + -ation.From romanize + -ation.
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Forms
plural: RomanizationsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
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