PINYIN

Meaning of PINYIN in English

Pin ‧ yin /ˌpɪn ˈjɪn◂/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable]

a system of writing the Chinese language in the Roman alphabet officially recognized in China since 1958 and used in Western newspapers and other public documents

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012

PINYIN — noun Usage: often capitalized Etymology: Chinese (Beijing) pīnyīn to spell phonetically, from pīn to arrange + yīn sound, pronunciation Date: …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PINYIN — ˈpinˈyin noun ( -s ) Usage: often capitalized Etymology: Chinese (Pekingese) p'in 1 yin 1 to spell phonetically, from p'in …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PINYIN — /pin"yin"/ , n. ( sometimes cap. ) a system for transliterating Chinese into the Latin alphabet: introduced in 1958 and …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PINYIN — n. transliterated Chinese writing system using Latin characters
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PINYIN — noun Usage: often capitalized Etymology: Chinese (Beijing) pīnyīn to spell phonetically, from pīn to arrange + yīn sound, pronunciation Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PINYIN — [ pɪn'jɪn ] ■ noun the standard system of romanized spelling for transliterating Chinese. Origin 1960s: from Chin. pīn-yīn , …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PINYIN — [pin.yin] n, often cap [Chin (Beijing) pinyin to spell phonetically, fr. pin to arrange + yin sound, pronunciation] (1963): a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PINYIN — pinyin, P~ BrE AmE ˌpɪn ˈjɪn ◂ —Chinese pīnyīn [ 1 pʰɪn 1 jɪn \]
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PINYIN — / pɪnˈjɪn; NAmE / noun [ U ] the standard system of Roman spelling in Chinese •• WORD ORIGIN 1960s: …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PINYIN — n. a system of romanized spelling for transliterating Chinese. [Chin. pin-yin, lit. 'spell sound']
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PINYIN — n. a system of romanized spelling for transliterating Chinese. [ Chin. pin-yin, lit. 'spell sound' ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PINYIN — n. a system of romanized spelling for transliterating Chinese. Etymology: Chin. pin-yin, lit. 'spell sound'
Oxford English vocab
PINYIN — (тж. P.) система транслитерации китайских иероглифов буквами английского алфавита (для имен собственных)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PINYIN — Пиньинь
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
PINYIN — n ( тж. Pinyin) система транслитерации китайских иероглифов буквами английского алфавита ( для имён собственных )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PINYIN — (n) система транслитерации китайских иероглифов буквами английского алфавита
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
PINYIN — n ( тж. Pinyin) система транслитерации китайских иероглифов буквами английского алфавита ( для имён собственных )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
PINYIN — n ( тж. Pinyin) система транслитерации китайских иероглифов буквами английского алфавита ( для имён собственных )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
PINYIN — (тж. P.) система транслитерации китайских иероглифов буквами английского алфавита (для имен собственных)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
PINYIN — n. Pronunciation: ' pin- ' yin Function: noun Usage: often cap Etymology: Chinese (Beijing) p ī ny ī n to …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PINYIN ROMANIZATION — also spelled Pin-yin, also called Chinese Phonetic Alphabet, Chinese (Pinyin) Hanyu pinyin wenzi (Chinese-language combining-sounds alphabet) system of romanization for …
Britannica English vocabulary
LU-SHIH — Pinyin lshi a form of Chinese poetry introduced in the Tang dynasty (618907). It consists of eight lines of five …
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K'UN-CH' — Pinyin kunqu form of Chinese drama that was developed in the 16th century. K'un-ch' was essentially the ch'uan-ch'i (Pinyin chuanqi) …
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WU-TI — born 156 BC died March 29, 87/86 BC Pinyin Wudi, original name Liu Ch'e autocratic Chinese emperor (141/14087/86 BC), who …
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WADE-GILES ROMANIZATION — system of romanizing the modern Chinese written language, originally devised to simplify Chinese language characters for the Western world. Initiated …
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SHENSI
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LIEH-TZU
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KWANGTUNG — Chinese (Wade-Giles) Kuang-tung, (Pinyin) Guangdong, sheng (province) of South China. It is the southernmost of the mainland provinces and constitutes …
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HONG KONG — Chinese (Pinyin) Xianggang, or (Wade-Giles) Hsiang-Kang special administrative region (Wade-Giles: t'e-pieh hsing-cheng-ch'; Pinyin: tebie xingzhengqu) of China located to the …
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CHI-NING — Pinyin Jining, conventional Tsining city in southwestern Shantung sheng (province), China. In early times the seat of the state of …
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CH'ANG-CH'UN — Pinyin Chang-chun, city and provincial capital of Kirin Province (sheng), China. The area around the city was originally the grazing …
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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