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PinYin Explained

We occasionally get inquiries as to whether a translator will translate an English input and display it in PinYin. Such inquiries show a need for people to understand more about PinYin.

Thus, this article.

Question: Do you have a device that renders the translation in PinYin?

Answer: Nobody makes such a device, because PinYin is a system that allows Chinese speakers to (mostly) represent Chinese characters into a device (e.g., computer, translator, PDA) based on ASCII characters.

PinYin and input

PinYin is an input method, created to allow representation of thousands of Chinese characters via 128 ASCII characters. Do you see the mathematical problem, here?

PinYin is a character bridging system for text input.

PinYin is one of many input methods. To English-speaking people who think they need to learn PinYin, my question is, "Why aren't you also learning the other dozen or so popular input methods?"

Most Chinese input systems are based on "reduced strokes" and other shortcuts that are applied to existing Chinese characters.

You see, PinYin isn't a language. It isn't an alphabet. It isn't a character set. It's a compromise system that aids in machine input. That's all it is.

PinYin doesn't provide the tonal information that is contained in Chinese characters. In many cases, the PinYin will have so many different renderings in Mandarin that it may as well be random.

Why there is no PinYin output

There is no reason to output PinYin, because the screen can display the actual characters.

Chairman Mao introduced "Simplified Chinese" by eliminating a few hundred Chinese characters. What was left was still overwhelming. I don't think trying to read them as PinYin representations would be very easy.

Pronouncing PinYin

There isn't any official "PinYin pronounciation." You could pronounce the PinYin if you wanted to, but why would you want to?

What you need to pronounce is the Mandarin. That's why all English<->Chinese translation devices provide the Mandarin for the output.

Some translation devices also provide Cantonese output. Although Mandarin is the official language of China, many Chinese speak Cantonese.

Using an electronic translator

Translation devices allow a Chinese speaker and an English speaker to communicate. That is the purpose of such devices.

One person is going to input via PinYin (or some other system), to get the Chinese equivalent and then have the device translate into English.

The other is going to input via standard English alphabet and then have the device translate into Chinese.

If you really want to learn PinYin

For an English-speaking person, learning Klingon would probably be a more productive use of your time. But if you are sure you want to learn PinYin, then look for a paper guide. It will be written in Chinese. If there's a "Little China" near you, go there and ask around for that guide. Or, you can buy a PinYin guide here.

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