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Pinyin

Pin yin |pinˈyin pɪnˈjɪn | ▶noun the standard system of romanized spelling for transliterating Chinese. ORIGIN 1960s: from Chinese pīn -yīn, literally ‘spell-sound. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

Pinyin

Pinyin |pɪnˈjɪn | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the standard system of romanized spelling for transliterating Chinese. ORIGIN 1960s: from Chinese pīn -yīn, literally ‘spell-sound ’.

 

Duden Dictionary

Pinyin

Pin yin Substantiv, Neutrum , das |ˈpɪnjɪn |das Pinyin; Genitiv: des Pinyin chinesisch System der Transkription chinesischer Begriffszeichen mit lateinischen Buchstaben

 

Spanish Dictionary

pinyin

pinyin nombre masculino Sistema de transcripción fonética de la escritura china al alfabeto latino :el pinyin está basado en la pronunciación de los caracteres en el dialecto mandarín del Norte .