[pin-yin] 
) | 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. |
| Pin·yin or pin·yin (pĭn'yĭn', -yĭn) n. A system for transliterating Chinese ideograms into the Roman alphabet, officially adopted by the People's Republic of China in 1979. [Chinese (Mandarin) pīn yīn, to combine sounds into syllables : pīn, to combine + yīn, sound.] |
| Main Entry: | Pinyin |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | See simplified Chinese |