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pinyin

pin·yin
P p

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [pin-yin]
    • /ˈpɪnˈyɪn/
    • /pˈaɪniˌɪn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pin-yin]
    • /ˈpɪnˈyɪn/

Definitions of pinyin word

  • noun pinyin a system for transliterating Chinese into the Latin alphabet: introduced in 1958 and adopted as the official system of romanization by the People's Republic of China in 1979. 1
  • noun pinyin phonetic rendering of Chinese 1
  • noun pinyin a system of romanized spelling developed in China in 1958: used to transliterate Chinese characters into the Roman alphabet 0
  • noun pinyin system for transliterating Chinese ideograms into the Latin alphabet, adopted by the People's Republic of China in 1979 0

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Parts of speech for Pinyin

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

pinyin popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

pinyin usage trend in Literature

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