拼音

Chinese

		piece together; stake (all); spell piece together; stake (all); spell; join together	sound; noise; news
simp. and trad. (拼音)		拼	音
Literally: “spelled sounds”.

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• 拼音 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
• 拼音 (Cantonese)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): pīnyīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄣ ㄧㄣ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): pin¹ yin¹

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ping³ jam¹ / ping¹ jam¹

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): phîn-yîm

  (Hailu, HRS): pin^ˋ rhim^ˋ

• Eastern Min (BUC): pĭng-ĭng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): phèng-im / pheng-im / peng-im

  (Teochew, Peng'im): pêng¹ im¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹phin-in

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pīnyīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄣ ㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pinyin
    • Wade–Giles: pʻin¹-yin¹
    • Yale: pīn-yīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pinin
    • Palladius: пиньинь (pinʹinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰin⁵⁵ in⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: pin¹ yin¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: pinjn
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰin⁵⁵ in⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ping³ jam¹ / ping¹ jam¹
    • Yale: ping yām / pīng yām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ping³ jam¹ / ping¹ jam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ping³ yem¹ / ping¹ yem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɪŋ³³ jɐm⁵⁵/, /pʰɪŋ⁵⁵ jɐm⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phîn-yîm
    • Hakka Romanization System: pin^ˊ im^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pin¹ yim¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰin²⁴⁻¹¹ im²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phîn-yîm
    • Hakka Romanization System: pin^ˊ (r)im^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pin¹ yim¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰin²⁴⁻¹¹ (j)im²⁴/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: pin^ˋ rhim^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰin⁵³ ʒim⁵³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: pĭng-ĭng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiŋ⁵⁵ ^(Ø-)ŋiŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phèng-im
    • Tâi-lô: phìng-im
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pheang'ym
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ im⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ im³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pheng-im
    • Tâi-lô: phing-im
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pheng'ym
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ im⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: peng-im
    • Tâi-lô: ping-im
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peng'ym
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /piɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ im⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: pêng¹ im¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pheng im
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰeŋ³³⁻²³ im³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹phin-in
    • MiniDict: phin^平 in
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹phin-in
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pʰin⁵⁵ in²¹/

Noun

拼音

1. romanisation system; transcription system

   藏文拼音  ―  Zàngwén pīnyīn  ―  Tibetan pinyin

   1. (specifically) Pinyin (Hanyu Pinyin), a system of romanization for Mandarin Chinese

      你學過拼音嗎？／你学过拼音吗？  ―  Nǐ xuéguo pīnyīn ma?  ―  Have you learned Pinyin?

Derived terms

• 威妥瑪拼音 / 威妥玛拼音 (Wēi Tuǒmǎ pīnyīn)
• 拼音字母 (pīnyīn zìmǔ)
• 拼音文字 (pīnyīn wénzì)
• 漢語拼音 / 汉语拼音 (hànyǔ pīnyīn)
• 粵語拼音 / 粤语拼音 (Yuèyǔ pīnyīn)
• 耶魯拼音 / 耶鲁拼音 (Yēlǔ pīnyīn)
• 通用拼音 (tōngyòng pīnyīn)

Descendants

• → English: p'in-yin, pinyin, Pinyin

Verb

拼音

1. to spell; to phoneticize
2. to combine sounds into syllables