Ever since I lived in Taiwan as a child, I've wanted to learn Mandarin. I was supposed to do that at university but decided on Hindi. Then I was supposed to move to the Chinese mainland after Japan ...
In this short lesson, I walk you through the basic Chinese Pinyin initials using my flashcards and clear mouth shapes. I pronounce each sound slowly so you can repeat after me and feel more confident ...
The phonetic alphabet developed by Zhou Youguang, pinyin, turns 50 this month, having helped up to a billion Chinese citizens to learn to read, write and in many cases speak the national language. The ...