Talk:Pinyin

Merge Pinyin and pinyin

Can we merge Pinyin and pinyin entries into "pinyin" with "Pinyin" being a redirect page? Anatoli 00:54, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Yes, they have too be merged, one of them being redefined as a mere alternative spelling. But are you sure Pinyin isn't more common? Most of my dictionaries have it capitalized. --Vahagn Petrosyan 01:08, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Perhaps, if it's more common. In Chinese pinyin, there is no rule to capitalise it but the capitalisation often follows English rules - Hànyǔ, Měiguó but both hànzì and Hànzì and pīnyīn and Pīnyīn. I prefer pinyin but the page could describe that Pinyin is the alternative spelling. I see there is some inconsistency in naming scripts in Wiktionary - it's Cyrillic but hiragana, Asian scripts being in lower case, following the original translations. My ABC dictionary (ships with Wenlin software) says "pinyin", so do the free Chinese online dictionaries. Anatoli 01:21, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

I merged pinyin with Pinyin. For statistics:

Only capitalized in:

• Oxford Dictionary of English
• Collins English Dictionary. 8th Ed.
• Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5th Ed
• Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, 7th ed

Both capitalized and not in:

• New Oxford American Dictionary, 2ed.
• Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Ed.
• Webster's Unabridged, 3rd Ed.

--Vahagn Petrosyan 01:32, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

OK, thanks, let it be so. Anatoli 01:47, 22 July 2009 (UTC)