Definitions for pinyin

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pinyin pin·yin

Spelling: [pin-yin]

IPA: /ˈpɪnˈyɪn/

Pinyin is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 23 anagrams from letters in pinyin (iinnpy).

Definitions for pinyin

noun

1. a system for transliterating Chinese into the Latin alphabet: introduced in 1958 and adopted as the official system of romanization by the People's Republic of China in 1979.

Origin of pinyin

Chinese pīnyīn literally, phonetic spelling (pīn arrange, classify + yīn sound, pronunciation)