Pinyin (Hànyǔ Pīnyīn) is the official romanization system for Standard Chinese in China, Singapore and, since 2009, Taiwan.
Romanizations Pinyin can also refer to other romanization systems used in China:
For varieties of Chinese: Tongyong Pinyin, a romanization of Mandarin Chinese formerly used in Taiwan Wēituǒmǎ Pīnyīn, the Chinese name for the Wade–Giles system of Mandarin language romanization Cantonese Pinyin, a standard romanization of Cantonese used in Hong Kong Sichuanese Pinyin, a romanization of the Chengdu dialect of Sichuanese Yēlǔ pīnyīn, romanization systems of Asian languages developed at Yale: Yale romanization of Cantonese Yale romanization of Mandarin Yale romanization of Korean For other languages of China: Tibetan pinyin, the official transcription system for Standard Tibetan in China Uyghur pinyin, one of the official transcription systems for the Uyghur language in China
Other uses Pinyin language, a Niger–Congo language spoken by some 27,000 people in the Northwest region of Cameroon