Complete Definition of "pinyin"

see|Pinyin

English

Alternative spellings
Pinyin

Noun
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  1. A system of romanization (phonetic notation and transliteration to roman script) for Mandarin that is used in the People's Republic of China|People�s Republic of China. It helps with pronouncing Chinese characters. Consists of over 70 irregular �sounds� (not including accents) of vowel|vowels, consonants, and sounds that are irregular. It uses four different accents for each vowel: �, á, �, à, but sometimes the tones are represented by numbers <sup>1 2 3 4</sup> (e.g., pīnyīn or pin<sup>1</sup>yin<sup>1</sup>).

Translations
trans-top|romanization of Mandarin Chinese
Finnish: t-|fi|pinyin
Hungarian: t-|hu|pinjin
Japanese: t+|ja|����|tr=pin�in
trans-mid
Mandarin: t-|zh|��|tr=pīnyīn
Romanian: t-|ro|pinyin|n
trans-bottom

See also
romaji
Index:Chinese Pinyin

Category:English words with optional capitalisation


Romanian

Etymology
From Chinese ��

Noun
ro-noun|gend=n

  1. #English|pinyin

See also
top2
l|ro|plat i|1st tone
l|ro|crescând i|2nd tone
mid2
l|ro|sc�zând-crescând i|3rd tone
l|ro|sc�zând i| 4th tone
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