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拼音
pīnyīn
Main
English Definitionphonetic writing; pinyin (Chinese romanization)
Simplified Script拼音
Traditional ScriptSame
Pinyinpīnyīn
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)		Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)ㄆㄧㄣ ㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping)ping3jam1
Part of Speech(名) noun
Word Decomposition
拼pīnto piece together; to join together; to stake all; adventurous; at the risk of one's life; to spell
音yīnsound; noise; note (of musical scale); tone; news; syllable; reading (phonetic value of a character)

Related Words

Words With Same Head Word    
拼命pīnmìngto do one's utmost; with all one's might; at all costs; (to work or fight) as if one's life depends on it
拼搏pīnbóto struggle; to wrestle
拼接pīnjiēto put together; to join
拼抢pīnqiǎngto fight desperately (at the risk of one's life)
拼图pīntújigsaw puzzle; to do a jigsaw puzzle
Words With Same Tail Word    
声音shēngyīnvoice; sound
录音lùyīnto record (sound); sound recording
噪音zàoyīnrumble; noise; static (in a signal)
语音yǔyīnspeech sounds; pronunciation; colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character; phonetic; audio; voice; (Internet) to voice chat; voice message
口音kǒuyīnoral speech sounds (linguistics)
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