Pinyin (disambiguation)

Pinyin (Hànyǔ Pīnyīn) is the official romanization system for Standard Chinese in China, Singapore and (since 2009) Taiwan.

Pinyin can also refer to other transcription systems used in China:

• For varieties of Chinese:
  • Tongyong Pinyin, a derivative of Hanyu Pinyin used officially in Taiwan between 2002 and 2008
  • Wēituǒmǎ Pīnyīn, the Chinese name for the Wade–Giles system of Mandarin language romanization
  • Cantonese Pinyin, a standard romanization of Cantonese used in Hong Kong
  • Yēlǔ pīnyīn, romanization systems of Asian languages developed at Yale:
    • Yale romanisation of Cantonese
    • Yale romanisation of Mandarin
    • Yale romanisation of Korean
• For other languages of China:
  • Tibetan pinyin, the official transcription system for Standard Tibetan in China
  • Uyghur pinyin, one of the official transcription systems for the Uyghur language in China

Other

• Pinyin language, a Niger–Congo language spoken by some 27,000 people in the Northwest region of Cameroon
• Pinyin (village), a village in Santa commune, Mezam department, Northwest region, Cameroon