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”.

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): pīnyīn

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄣㄧㄣ

(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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pīnyīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄣㄧㄣ
  - 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

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

to spell; to phoneticize
to combine sounds into syllables

Japanese

Kanji in this term
拼	音
ぴん Hyōgai	いん Grade: 1
irregular

Alternative spellings
ピン音併音

Etymology

From Mandarin 拼音 (pīnyīn).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ピンイン [pìń'íń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
(Tokyo) ピンイン [píꜜǹ'ìǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [pʲĩɰ̃ĩɴ]

Noun

拼音(ピンイン) • (pin'in)

Pinyin

Usage notes

Since the character 拼 is not in the original JIS X 0208 specification, it may be written as ピン音 instead.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
拼	音

Noun

拼音 • (byeong'eum) (hangeul 병음)

hanja form^? of 병음 (“Pinyin”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
拼	音

Noun

拼音

chữ Hán form of bính âm (“Pinyin”)

[DJR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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