PINYIN

Meaning of PINYIN in English

[pin.yin] n, often cap [Chin (Beijing) pinyin to spell phonetically, fr. pin to arrange + yin sound, pronunciation] (1963): a system for romanizing Chinese ideograms in which tones are indicated by diacritics and unaspirated consonants are transcribed as voiced--compare wade-giles

Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 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 — 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 — Pin ‧ yin /ˌpɪn ˈjɪn◂/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] a system of writing the Chinese language in the Roman alphabet …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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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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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