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Chinese transliteration system
Answer for the clue "Chinese transliteration system ", 6 letters:
pinyin
Word definitions for pinyin in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. phonetic script; spelling n. (alternative spelling of Pinyin English)
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Pinyin ( Hànyǔ Pīnyīn ) is the official romanization system for Standard Chinese in China, Singapore and (since 2009) Taiwan. Pinyin can also refer to other transcription systems used in China: For varieties of Chinese: Tongyong Pinyin , a derivative of ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
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 ...
Usage examples of pinyin.
This probably remains somewhat more familiar to Anglophone readers than Pinyin or Yale, and is no more inaccurate a rendition of ancient or regional pronunciations.