Pinyin

Pinyin, or more formally Hanyu Pinyin, is currently the most commonly used Romanization system for Standard Mandarin. Hanyu means the Chinese language, and pinyin means "phonetics", or more literally, "spelling sound" or "spelled sound". Developed by a government committee in the People's Republic of China (PRC), the system was initially approved by the Chinese government...
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  • Hanyu Pinyin
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