Chinese word dictionary

拼音

pīnyīn · phonetic writing; pinyin (Chinese romanization)

Practice word

Word information

Simplified拼音

Traditional拼音

Pinyinpīnyīn

Part of speech动

HSK 3.05

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

拼pīn

to link, to join together; to incorporate

音yīn

sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation

How to learn 拼音

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

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Words with the same characters

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声音shēngyīn

voice; sound; CL:個|个[ge4]

音乐yīnyuè

music; CL:張|张[zhang1],曲[qu3],段[duan4]

读音dúyīn

pronunciation; literary (rather than colloquial) pronunciation of a Chinese character

发音fāyīn

to pronounce; pronunciation; to emit sound

录音lùyīn

to record sound; an audio recording (CL:段[duan4])

拼pīn

to piece together; to put together; to pool (resources etc); to share; to risk all; to go all out; to spell (words)