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MandarinVerbpinyin (Pinyin pin1yin1, traditional and simplified 拼音)
Nounpinyin (Pinyin pin1yin1, traditional and simplified 拼音) Derived terms
Proper nounpinyin (Pinyin pin1yin1, traditional and simplified 拼音)
From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. Pinyin (Chinese: 拼音; pinyin: pīnyīn), or more formally Hanyu Pinyin (汉语拼音 / 漢語拼音), is currently the most commonly used romanization system for Standard Mandarin (标准普通话 / 標準普通話). Hànyǔ (汉语 / 漢語) means the Chinese language, and pīnyīn (拼音) means "phonetics", or more literally, "spelling sound" or "spelled sound". The system is only for Standard Mandarin, not for other Chinese languages, including the ancient official Chinese Guangyun (广韵 / 廣韻). The system is now used in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, parts of Taiwan, Malaysia and Singapore to teach Mandarin Chinese and internationally to teach Mandarin as a second language. It is also often used to spell Chinese names in foreign publications and can be used to enter Chinese characters (hanzi) on computers and cellphones. The romanization system was developed by a government committee in the People's Republic of China (PRC), and approved by the Chinese government on February 11, 1958. The International Organization for Standardization adopted pinyin as the international standard in 1982, and since then it has been adopted by many other organizations. This romanization system also became the national standard in the Republic of China (ROC, commonly known as Taiwan) on January 1, 2009. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License Please give me a link to chart with all the mandarin pinyin symbols? Q. Printable version appreciated... I don't want the Hanyu Pinyin (The one using the english alphabet) I'm looking for one using the Chinese symbols please. Thanks, 10 points for best answer. Asked by mandymustmoo - Sun Feb 8 08:24:25 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. Hmmm. Pinyin is the Roman (English) alphabet representation on the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese characters, so there isn't a version using Chinese symbols. If you're looking for a listing of Chinese characters, there are maybe 40,000 of them and a chart would be difficult. You can get a listing of Chinese radicals at or a chart at If you're looking for the syllabary used on Taiwan to teach children the Mandarin pronunciation for characters, that's the Bopomofo or Zhuyin Fuhao and charts and explanations are at Hope this helps. Answered by wyoscot - Sun Feb 8 09:03:15 2009 Where can I find a free online translator for pinyin to chinese or pinyin to english? Q. (A translator for pinyin to english is preferred.) I would like a translator that translates whole phrases, not just a dictionary that translates individual words or characters. Thank you! Asked by y z - Tue Mar 4 15:58:46 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. zhongwen.com is pretty good Answered by kaje_yomama - Tue Mar 4 16:10:37 2008 Where can I get Mandarin Pinyin font with the accents over the vowels?
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