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pinyin

romanization scheme for Standard Mandarin
Event romanization Q42222
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Summary

pinyin is a romanization[1]. pinyin draws 22,904 Wikipedia views per month (romanization category, ranking #1 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: romanisation system[3], ISO standard[4]
  • Developer: National Language Commission[5]
  • Has use: transliteration[6]
  • Commons category: Pinyin[7]
  • Start time: January 1, 1957[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Pinyin[9]
  • Facet of: romanization of Chinese[10]
  • Described by source: Pinyin-Schreibung[11]
  • Official name: 汉语拼音方案[12], 漢語拼音方案[13]
  • Main Wikidata property: P1721[14]
  • Different from: Pinyin[15]
  • Uses: Latin script[16]
  • Source of transfer: Standard Chinese[17]

Why It Matters

pinyin has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] pinyin is known by 113 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Encyclopedia of China. wen.org.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Isocat id → 1852
    Sitelink count → 115
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'an', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'azb', 'be', 'bg', 'bn', 'br', 'ca', 'cdo
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Isocat id: 1852, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/7327348|pinyin (#7327348)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/125|ISOCAT]] #mix'n'match"
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