Chinese word

拼音

Pronunciation

Pinyinpīn yīn

Meaning

  • nounpinyin

Example

请把这个字用拼音写出来。qǐng bǎ zhè ge zì yòng pīn yīn xiě chū lái

Please write this character in pinyin.

Illustration for 拼音 (pinyin)

More examples

我用拼音练习发音。wǒ yòng pīn yīn liàn xí fā yīn

I use pinyin to practice pronunciation.

Core concept

A letter-based guide that records how a Chinese syllable sounds, including its tone.

Common phrases

  • 写拼音xiě pīn yīn

    write in pinyin

  • 汉字的拼音hàn zì de pīn yīn

    pinyin for Chinese characters

  • 拼音练习pīn yīn liàn xí

    pinyin practice

Similar words

发音fā yīn: The sound made when a word is spoken aloud.
罗马化luó mǎ huà: The use of Roman letters to represent Chinese characters or words.
音标yīn biāo: A set of phonetic symbols used to show how a word is pronounced.
拼写pīn xiě: The way a word is written with letters.

Definition in Chinese

用拉丁字母和声调符号表示汉语音节发音的拼写体系，也常指用这种方法为汉字注音。yòng lā dīng zì mǔ hé shēng diào fú hào biǎo shì hàn yǔ yīn jié fā yīn de pīn xiě tǐ xì yě cháng zhǐ yòng zhè zhǒng fāng fǎ wèi hàn zì zhù yīn

Word origin

The compound 拼音 (pīnyīn, "pinyin") combines 拼 (pīn, "put together") with 音 (yīn, "sound"), and its present standardized form dates from the system published in 1958.

Usage tips

  • Pinyin also supports search and typing, but the letters do not always select the intended character by themselves because several Chinese characters can share one syllable.

Other meanings

  • romanizationnoun
  • phonetic transcriptionnoun

Related words

  • 拼音表pīn yīn biǎopinyin chartnoun
  • 拼音练习pīn yīn liàn xípinyin practicenoun

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