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In China, letters of the English alphabet are pronounced somewhat differently because they have been adapted to the phonetics (i.e. the syllable structure) of the Chinese language.
This page contains a course in the Chinese Alphabet, pronunciation and sound of each letter as well as a list of other lessons in grammar topics and common expressions in Chinese also called Mandarin.
In official documents, it is referred to as the Chinese Phonetic Alphabet. Hanyu (汉语; 漢語) literally means ' Han language'—that is, the Chinese language—while pinyin literally means 'spelled sounds'. Pinyin is the official system used in China, Singapore, Taiwan, and by the United Nations.
Chinese-English Dictionary. Includes Simplified Characters, Traditional Characters, Pinyin, Stroke-Order, and Audio. Search using English, Mandarin Chinese, or Pinyin.
The Chinese phonetic alphabet is also known colloquially as bopomofo, after its first four letters: bo, po, mo, and fo, just like in English we sometimes refer to the alphabet “the ABCs.” There are two main systems of writing the Chinese alphabet.
Chinese Dictionary: Practice Writing & Character Memorization by Inputting English, Pinyin, Or Chinese! Written Chinese. Use this tool to add tone marks to pinyin or to convert tone number (e.g. hao3) to tone marks.
Learning Chinese alphabet is the most important step towards Chinese Pinyin and Chinese character learning. We categorize all the Chinese letters into initia...
