Hanyu Pinyin,[note 1] or simply pinyin, is the most common romanization system for Standard Chinese.[a] In official documents, it is referred to as the Chinese Phonetic Alphabet.[1][2] It is the official system used in China, Singapore, and by the United Nations. Its use has become common when transliterating Standard Chinese mostly regardless of region, though it is less ubiquitous in Taiwan. It
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