Pinyinize

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To romanize Standard Mandarin using the Pinyin system. transitive

    "The move to Pinyinise Chinese names in schools meant technically switching to a different system of spelling for names to which people were unaccustomed to."

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of Pinyinize. alt-of, transitive

Example

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"The move to Pinyinise Chinese names in schools meant technically switching to a different system of spelling for names to which people were unaccustomed to."

Etymology

From Pinyin + -ize.

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