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Pinyin
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Pin·yin
/ ˈpinˈyin/
(also pin·yin)
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n.
the standard system of romanized spelling for transliterating Chinese.
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Pinyin celebrates 50th birthday, one billion people use it to learnChinese
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 2/10/2008; 671 words
; Pinyin celebrates 50th birthday, one billion people...BEIJING, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- Hanyu Pinyin, or the Chinese phonetic system, will...learn mandarin since the first edition of pinyin was issued in 1958. "Pinyin is useful...
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Pinyin trick to cut links witless
Newspaper article from: China Daily; 7/15/2002; ; 568 words
; ...that it was determined to adopt tongyong pinyin, a Chinese romanization system created...Chinese-culture people opt for hanyu pinyin, a romanization system prevalent on the...independence forces favour tongyong pinyin, which they think, will promote the...
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, OCLC, RLG AND OTHER U.S. LIBRARIES SWITCH TO PINYIN ROMANIZATION SCHEME FOR CHINESE.(Industry Trend or Event)
Newspaper article from: Online Libraries & Microcomputers; 10/1/2000; 700+ words
; ...join the international community in using Pinyin as the standard Romanization scheme for...century, will no longer be used. In Pinyin, for example, the former Chinese leader...under Wade-Giles; "Qing dynasty" (Pinyin) will be used, rather than "Ch'ing...
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Patent No. 7,478,033 Issued on Jan. 13, Assigned to Google for Chinese Pinyin Translation Method (Californian Inventors)
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 3/2/2009; 479 words
; ...developed methods for translating Chinese pinyin to Chinese characters. The inventors...Systems and methods to process and translate pinyin to Chinese characters and words are disclosed...the context. A method for translating a pinyin input generally includes generating a...
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China should use "Pinyin" instead of English to in place names: official
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 8/16/2005; 434 words
; China should use "Pinyin" instead of English to in place names: official...need foreign versions should be written in "Pinyin," the phonetic symbols for Chinese, instead of English. "Using Pinyin is not only written in the 'Regulations on...
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PINYIN KING 1.0 PASSED TECHNICAL APPRAISAL
News Wire article from: AsiaInfo Services; 9/10/1996; ; 198 words
; ...Adeyemi AsiaInfo Services 09-10-1996 Pinyin King 1.0 Passed Technical Appraisal...launched Pingyin King 1.0, an intelligent Pinyin Chinese Character input system, which...4 in Beijing. On the basis of Chinese Pinyin program issued by the State, this system...
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GOOGLE TO ROLL OUT PINYIN INPUT METHOD SERVICE
News Wire article from: AsiaInfo Services; 4/5/2007; 328 words
; ...Services 04-05-2007 Google to Roll out Pinyin Input Method Service BEIJING, Apr 05...search company Google will launch Chinese pinyin input method service, and the company...service is temporarily named "Google Pinyin", and it was earlier believed to have...
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Opting for characters over pinyin
Newspaper article from: China Daily; 6/16/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...arrival and made up my mind that learning pinyin (the phonetic system for Chinese characters...further studies. He explained that although pinyin is easier, it may cause a lot of misunderstandings...the tones, so if I had studied only the pinyin I would still be having difficulty. At...
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Cheng & Tsui English-Chinese Lexicon of Business Terms with Pinyin
Magazine article from: The China Business Review; 5/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Chinese Lexicon of Business Terms with Pinyin compiled by Andrew C. Chang. Boston...Chinese Lexicon of Business Terms with Pinyin is a welcome addition to the bookshelf...which is followed by romanization in pinyin with tone marks. Many entries have two...
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Essential Asian business terms. (Lingo).(four terms defined: balibayan, chaebol, guanxi and pinyin)(Glossary)
Magazine article from: Business Asia; 3/1/2003; 647 words
; ...are those who prosper in the region. Pinyin--is the Chinese term for the official...traditional Chinese writing system. Pinyin translates Chinese characters into Roman characters we use in the West. Pinyin is most often used as a pronunciation...
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Pinyin
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Pinyin [Chin. pinyin zimu = phonetic alphabet], system of romanization...system (1859; modified 1912), among others. The reasons for adopting Pinyin included promoting a national language, establishing a means for writing...
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PINYIN → WADE‐GILES CONVERSION TABLE
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
PINYIN → WADE‐GILES CONVERSION TABLE A‐luo‐ben A‐lo‐pen An Shigao...
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WADE‐GILES → PINYIN CONVERSION TABLE
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
WADE‐GILES → PINYIN CONVERSION TABLE A‐lo‐pen A‐luo‐ben An Shih‐kao An Shigao Ch'an Chan...
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CHINA
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
...purposes, in a system of romanization known as Pinyin (‘phonetic spelling’...arrange, classify, yin sound, pronunciation). Pinyin and Wade–Giles The Pinyin system was introduced in 1958 and officially...
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pronunciation guide
Book article from: A Dictionary of Buddhism
...transcribing it, namely Wade-Giles and Pinyin. The latter was introduced in 1979 by...is the form used in the present work. Pinyin has gained acceptance among specialists...guide on converting from Wade-Giles to Pinyin can be found in A. C. Graham, Disputers...
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