Pinyin

20th c., from Mandarin Chinese 拼音 (pīnyīn, literally “spelled sounds”).

• pinyin
• (from Wade-Giles) p'in-yin

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪnjɪn/

Pinyin

1. 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

   • [1969, “A note on transliteration”, in Joseph Kitagawa, editor, Understanding Modern China‎, Quadrangle Books, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 8:

     The government of the People’s Republic of China has developed its own romanization system, known as the “Pin-yin,” which is widely used in the communist world but rarely used in the West.]

Pinyin

1. A phonetic script or romanization system for various languages spoken in the People's Republic of China. [from 20th c.]
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Pinyin.

• Tongyong Pinyin
• Gwoyeu Romatzyh
• romaji
• Wade-Giles
• Yale
• Bopomofo
• Zhuyin fuhao

• Pinyin romanization in Encyclopædia Britannica including Pinyin to Wade-Giles conversions chart
• “Pinyin, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “Pinyin”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Pinyin

1. A Grassfields Bantu language of Cameroon.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Pinyin terms

• Ethnologue entry for Pinyin, pny ⁠

Pinyin m

1. Pinyin