pinyin
Portuguese, noun/piˈnjĩ/
pinyin is spelled P-I-N-Y-I-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 29 million words in written Portuguese, the 156,173rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pinyin is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Pinyin (romanisation standard for Mandarin Chinese)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sistema de romanização de ideogramas chineses”.
What does pinyin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinePinyin (romanisation standard for Mandarin Chinese)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. sistema de romanização de ideogramas chineses
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce pinyin?
- Brazil /piˈnjĩ/
- Portugal /piˈnjin/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pinyin in Portuguese?
pinyin appears about once in every 29 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).