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拼音

pīn yīn

HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

拼音 (pīn yīn) means "phonetic writing; pinyin (Chinese romanization)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 拼音 means

1. phonetic writing
2. pinyin (Chinese romanization)

The characters in 拼音

• 拼pīnto piece together; to put together; to pool (resources etc); to share; to risk all…
• 音yīnsound; noise; note (of musical scale)

Example sentences

• 怎样给汉字加拼音？
  How do I add pinyin to Chinese characters?
• 学习汉语的时候，拼音对初学者很有帮助。
  When learning Chinese, pinyin is very helpful for beginners.
• 拼音文字有助于让人更正确、更轻松地认读。
  A text written with vocalisation helps in reading it more correctly and easily.

Words starting with 拼音

• 拼音字母pīn yīn zì mǔphonetic letters
• 拼音文字pīn yīn wén zìphonetic alphabet; alphabetic writing system

Words containing 拼音

• 汉语拼音Hàn yǔ Pīn yīnHanyu Pinyin, the romanization system used in the PRC since the 1960s
• 威玛拼音Wēi mǎ pīn yīnWade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)
• 通用拼音tōng yòng pīn yīnthe common use romanization system introduced in Taiwan in 2003
• 邮政式拼音Yóu zhèng shì Pīn yīnChinese postal romanization, developed in the early 1900s, used until the 1980s
• 威妥玛拼音Wēi Tuǒ mǎ pīn yīnWade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)
• 粤语拼音Yuè yǔ Pīn yīnCantonese romanization; Jyutping, one of the many Cantonese romanization systems

Go deeper

• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read pīn yīn correctly.
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