noun (sometimes initial capital letter)
a system for transliterating Chinese into the Latin alphabet: introduced in 1958 and adopted as the official system of romanization by the People's Republic of China in 1979.
Compare Wade-Giles system.
Origin:
< Chinese pīnyīn literally, phonetic spelling (pīn arrange, classify + yīn sound, pronunciation)
< Chinese pīnyīn literally, phonetic spelling (pīn arrange, classify + yīn sound, pronunciation)
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| —n | |
| a system of romanized spelling developed in China in 1958: used to transliterate Chinese characters into the Roman alphabet | |
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| Main Entry: | Pinyin |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | See simplified Chinese |
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Word Origin & History
Pinyin
system of Romanized spelling for Chinese, 1963, from Chinese pinyin "to spell, to combine sounds into syllables," from pin "put together" + yin "sound, tone." Adopted officially by the People's Republic of China in 1958.
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