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Mandarin · pinyin Hàn yǔ Pīn yīn

Hanyu Pinyin, the romanization system used in the PRC since the 1960s

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拼: pīn · join together, link, incorporate
音: yīn · sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation; Kangxi radical 180
汉: hàn · Chinese people; Chinese language
语: yǔ · language, words; saying, expression

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4–3–1–1 · Han4 yu3 Pin1 yin1

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Pinyin; Hanyu Pinyin (a system of romanization for Mandarin Chinese; officially adopted in the PRC in 1958, in Singapore in 1980, in the UN in 1986 and in Taiwan in 2009; and recommended by the ISO since 1982)

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