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Chinese transliteration system
Answer for the clue "Chinese transliteration system ", 6 letters:
pinyin
Word definitions for pinyin in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Pinyin , or Hànyǔ Pīnyīn , is the official romanization system for Standard Chinese in mainland China , Malaysia , Singapore , and Taiwan . It is often used to teach Standard Chinese, which is normally written using Chinese characters . The system includes ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. phonetic script; spelling n. (alternative spelling of Pinyin English)
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.