Pinyin

Pinyin (??, p?ny?n) literally means "join (together) sounds" (a less literal translation being "phoneticize", "spell" or "transcription") in Chinese and usually refers to Hàny? P?ny?n (????, literal meaning: "Han language pinyin"), which is a system of romanization (phonemic notation and transcription to Roman script) for Standard Mandarin. Pinyin was approved in 1958 and adopted in 1979 by the government in the People's Republic of China. It superseded older transcriptions like the Wade-Giles system (1859; modified 1912) or Bopomofo. Similar systems have been designed for other Chinese spoken variants and non-Han minority languages in the PRC.

External links

Auto-converters

• Chinese characters to Pinyin (with tone marks and English meaning)
• Pinyin with tone numbers to Pinyin with tone marks (can handle 5 for neutral tone)
• Pinyin with tone numbers to Pinyin with tone marks
• Rikai.com A web-mediator that adds mouseover pinyin readings to Chinese web-pages.
• DimSum Chinese Reading Assistant Add pinyin (or bopomofo, etc.) to text, web pages, or RTF files. Includes dictionary, flashcards.

Other

• Pinyin.info ? very complete explanation of Unicode pinyin.
• Pinyin info Unicode testpage
• Read/Write using Unicode
• Tongyong and Hanyu Pinyin
• Sinosplice - Pronunciation of Mandarin Chinese
• Fdicts Simplified Chinese Dictionary
• MDBG free online Chinese-English dictionary
• Chinese Romanization Converter - Convert between Hanyu Pinyin, Wade-Giles, Gwoyeu Romatzyh, and other common Romanization systems.
• Online Pinyin-Hanzi input
• New Concept Chinese Pinyin Textbook