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

• Hanyu Pinyin, what most people mean when referring to pinyin: the official romanization system in the People's Republic of China and official in the Republic of China since 01-01-2009.
• Tongyong Pinyin, a derivative of Hanyu Pinyin used officially in the Republic of China (Taiwan) between 2002 and 2008.
• Weituoma Pīnyīn (Wēituǒmǎ Pīnyīn), the Chinese name for the Wade-Giles system of Mandarin language romanization
• Standard Cantonese Pinyin, a standard romanization of Cantonese used in Hong Kong
• 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

[edit] Other meanings

• Tibetan pinyin, the official transcription system for the Tibetan language in the People's Republic of China.
• Pinyin language - a Niger-Congo language spoken by some 27,000 people in the Northwest Province of Cameroon.^[1]
• Pinyin (village), a village in Santa Sub-Division, Mezam Division of the Northwest Province of Cameroon
• Hoelen, a mushroom.

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