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
  • Weituoma Pīnyīn (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
  • Yelu pinyin (Yēlǔ pīnyīn, 耶魯拼音), known as Yale Romanization, four romanization systems of Asian languages (Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean, and Japanese) created during World War II for use by United States military personnel
• 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.