Pinyin
[pin-yin] /ˈpɪnˈyɪn/
noun, (sometimes initial capital letter)
1.
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.
/ˈpɪnˈjɪn/
noun
1.
a system of romanized spelling developed in China in 1958: used to transliterate Chinese characters into the Roman alphabet
noun
See simplified Chinese
n.
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. Outside China gradually superseding the 19c. Wade-Giles system (Mao Tse-tung is Wade-Giles, Mao Zedong is pinyin).
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