transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈpin-ˈyin ]
noun
Usage: often capitalized
Etymology: Chinese (Beijing) pīnyīn to spell phonetically, from pīn to arrange + yīn sound, pronunciation
Date: 1963
: a system for romanizing Chinese ideograms in which tones are indicated by diacritics and unaspirated consonants are transcribed as voiced — compare Wade-Giles