Etymology

p'in-yin

Mandarin 拼音
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  1. Mandarin · borrowed from拼音
  2. English todayp'in-yin

From Mandarin 拼音 (pīnyīn) Wade–Giles romanization: pʻin¹-yin¹.

First known use, by meaning

  • from 20th c. Alternative form of Pinyin

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.