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Noun
1. Pinyin (Chinese romanization system)Usually written using kana alone, From Chinese “pīnyīn”
Wikipedia definition
2. PinyinHanyu Pinyin is the official system to transcribe Chinese characters into Latin script in the People's Republic of China, Republic of China (Taiwan), Singapore, and Malaysia. It is often used to teach Mandarin Chinese and spell Chinese names in foreign publications and used as an input method to enter Chinese characters (汉字 / 漢字, hànzì) into computers. The pinyin system was developed in the 1950s based on earlier forms of romanization.
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拼音 【ピンイン】

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