Pinyin, formally Hanyu Pinyin, is the offeecial phonetic seestem for transcribin the Mandarin pronunciations o Cheenese characters intae the Laitin alphabet in Cheenae, Taiwan,[1] an Singapore. It is aften uised tae teach Staundart Cheenese an spell Cheenese names in foreign publications an mey be uised as an input method tae enter Cheenese characters intae computers.