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Mandarin · pinyin pīn yīn wén zì

Meanings

  1. phonetic alphabet
  2. alphabetic writing system
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拼
pīn · join together, link, incorporate
音
yīn · sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation; Kangxi radical 180
文
wén · literature, culture, writing
字
zì · letter, character, word
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Mandarin tones

1–1–2–4 · pin1 yin1 wen2 zi4

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ping3 jam1 man4 zi6

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noun

  1. alphabetic writing; phonetic writing

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