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Mandarin May Thus Appear In Power Holding Office Around International City Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is PINYIN which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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199%6Exact Match!
236%5Mandarin is thus found in Washington? Almost
332%5Mandarin's office

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We think the answer is "PINYIN" which means:

    noun
  • • The official phonetic system for transcribing the mandarin pronunciations of chinese characters into the latin alphabet.
  • proper noun
  • • A system of romanization for standard mandarin, used in the people’s republic of china, and more recently in other chinese-speaking areas as well.
  • • A grassfields bantu language of cameroon.

An example sentence would be:

  • • "Learning pinyin is essential for beginners of chinese language."
  • • "In pinyin, the syllable 'ma' could have different meanings depending on the tone."

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