Pinyin (disambiguation)

Pinyin (Chinese: 拼音; pinyin: pīnyīn) is a system of romanization for the languages of China, where pin means "spell" and yin means "sound". It can refer to several transcription systems:

• For the varieties of Chinese:
  • Hanyu Pinyin (Hànyǔ pīnyīn, 汉语拼音), what most people mean when referring to pinyin: the official romanization system for Standard Chinese in the People's Republic of China and official in the Republic of China since 01-01-2009
  • Tongyong Pinyin (Tōngyòng Pīnyīn, 通用拼音), a derivative of Hanyu Pinyin used officially in the Republic of China (Taiwan) between 2002 and 2008
  • Wēituǒmǎ Pīnyīn (威妥瑪拼音), the Chinese name for the Wade–Giles system of Mandarin language romanization
  • Cantonese Pinyin (jiào yù xué yuàn pīnyīn fāng àn, 教育學院拼音方案), a standard romanization of Cantonese used in Hong Kong
  • Yēlǔ pīnyīn (耶魯拼音), romanization systems of Asian languages developed at Yale:
    • Yale romanisation of Cantonese
    • Yale romanisation of Mandarin
    • Yale romanisation of Korean
• For the other languages of China:
  • Tibetan pinyin, the official transcription system for Standard Tibetan in the People's Republic of China
  • Uyghur pinyin, one of the official transcription systems for the Uyghur language in the People's Republic of China

Other meanings

• Pinyin language - a Niger-Congo language spoken by some 27,000 people in the Northwest Province of Cameroon
• Pinyin (village), a village in Santa Sub-Division, Mezam Division of the Northwest Province of Cameroon
• Hoelen, a mushroom.

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