HSK 5 · Education

拼音 pīnyīn “pinyin (romanised Chinese)” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 拼音 means

  1. pinyin (romanised Chinese)
  2. phonetic writing
  3. pinyin (Chinese romanisation)

How to say 拼音

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale拼pīn1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale音yīn1st tone, high and level

拼音 in a sentence

  1. 学习汉语的时候，拼音对初学者很有帮助。

    Xuéxí Hànyǔ de shíhou, pīnyīn duì chūxuézhě hěn yǒu bāngzhù.

    When learning Chinese, pinyin is very helpful for beginners.

    Sentence #13181011 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 怎样给汉字加拼音？

    Zěnyàng gěi hànzì jiā pīnyīn?

    How do you add pinyin to Chinese characters?

    Sentence #13185249 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 拼音 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 拼 (pīn) with each of its parts in a different colour
拼pīnto piece together; to put together
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 并to combine · bìngSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 并 (bìng) hints at the sound. Compare it with pīn.

The character 音 (yīn) with each of its parts in a different colour
音yīnsound
  • 立stand · lì
  • 日sun · rì

Memory aidOnce written as 言 “speech” with a mark in the mouth: a sound, a note.

How to write 拼音

拼 9 strokes · 音 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

拼音 (pīnyīn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 拼音 (pīnyīn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 拼音

Words with 拼

拼搏pīnbó · to struggle hard拼命pīnmìng · desperately

Words with 音

音乐yīnyuè · music声音shēngyīn · sound录音lùyīn · to record (sound)口音kǒuyīn · accent音响yīnxiǎng · audio system噪音zàoyīn · noise收音机shōuyīnjī · radio

More words: Education & Learning

朗读lǎngdú · to read aloud录取lùqǔ · to admit (a student)论文lùnwén · paper目录mùlù · catalogue声调shēngdiào · tone (of a syllable)试卷shìjuàn · examination paper提纲tígāng · outline题目tímù · subject

FAQs

拼音 (pīnyīn) means “pinyin (romanised Chinese)” or “phonetic writing”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it pīnyīn: pīn with a 1st tone, then yīn with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 拼音 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type pinyin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 拼音 from the suggestions. Typing pinyin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
拼音 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.