All children in the PRC learn the Roman alphabet for phonemic pinyin.
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Pinyin
//ˈpɪnˈjɪn//
Synonyms for "pinyin" (2 found)
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Closest matches (1)
Proper Noun(1 words)
Related words (1)
Noun(1 words)
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1 entriesRelated terms
8 entriesderived
3 entriesrelated to
12 entriesTranslations
47 translations across 35 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- بِينْيِن name (romanization of Mandarin Chinese)
- بِينْيِن name (romanization of Mandarin Chinese)
Armenian
1 entries- փինյին name (romanization of Mandarin Chinese)
Belarusian
1 entries- піньі́нь name (romanization of Mandarin Chinese)
Bulgarian
1 entries- пини́н name (romanization of Mandarin Chinese)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 拼音 name (romanization of Mandarin Chinese)
- 漢語拼音 /汉语拼音 name (romanization of Mandarin Chinese)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 拼音 name (romanization of Mandarin Chinese)
- 漢語拼音 /汉语拼音 name (romanization of Mandarin Chinese)
Czech
2 entries- pchin-jin name (romanization of Mandarin Chinese)
- pinyin name (romanization of Mandarin Chinese)
Esperanto
1 entries- pinjino name (romanization of Mandarin Chinese)
Finnish
1 entries- pinyin name (romanization of Mandarin Chinese)
French
1 entries- pinyin name (romanization of Mandarin Chinese)
Georgian
1 entries- პინ-ინი name (romanization of Mandarin Chinese)
German
1 entries- Pinyin name (romanization of Mandarin Chinese)
Greek
1 entries- πινγίν name (romanization of Mandarin Chinese)
Hebrew
1 entries- פין־יין name (romanization of Mandarin Chinese)
Hindi
1 entries- पिन्यिन name (romanization of Mandarin Chinese)
Hungarian
1 entries- pinjin name (romanization of Mandarin Chinese)
Japanese
4 entries- ピンイン name (romanization of Mandarin Chinese)
- ピン音 name (romanization of Mandarin Chinese)
- 併音 name (romanization of Mandarin Chinese)
- 拼音 name (romanization of Mandarin Chinese)
Kazakh
1 entries- пінін name (romanization of Mandarin Chinese)
Korean
2 entries- 병음 name (romanization of Mandarin Chinese)
- 한어 병음 name (romanization of Mandarin Chinese)
Latvian
1 entries- piņjiņs name (romanization of Mandarin Chinese)
Macedonian
1 entries- пи́нјин name (romanization of Mandarin Chinese)
Marathi
1 entries- फीनयीन name (romanization of Mandarin Chinese)
Mongolian
1 entries- пинь-инь name (romanization of Mandarin Chinese)
Persian
1 entries- پینیین name (romanization of Mandarin Chinese)
Polish
1 entries- pinyin name (romanization of Mandarin Chinese)
Portuguese
2 entries- piniim name (romanization of Mandarin Chinese)
- pinyin name (romanization of Mandarin Chinese)
Romanian
1 entries- pinyin name (romanization of Mandarin Chinese)
Russian
2 entries- пиньи́нь name (romanization of Mandarin Chinese)
- ханью́й пиньи́нь name (romanization of Mandarin Chinese)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- pinjin name (romanization of Mandarin Chinese)
- pinyin name (romanization of Mandarin Chinese)
- пинјин name (romanization of Mandarin Chinese)
Spanish
1 entries- pinyin name (romanization of Mandarin Chinese)
Tamil
1 entries- பின்யின் name (romanization of Mandarin Chinese)
Thai
1 entries- พินอิน name (romanization of Mandarin Chinese)
Ukrainian
1 entries- піньї́нь name (romanization of Mandarin Chinese)
Uyghur
1 entries- پىنيىن name (romanization of Mandarin Chinese)
Vietnamese
1 entries- bính âm name (romanization of Mandarin Chinese)
Sample sentences
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A motivation for East Asians to conserve their sinograms is to distinguish many homonyms. In speech, context tells the listener what is the intended meaning. In the PRC, Pinyin documentation, Romanized Mandarin, is available for minorities who cannot read sinograms. Somehow, they make do.
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Cantonese Pinyin is the standard Cantonese Pinyin
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When learning Chinese, pinyin is very helpful for beginners.
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