Learning Pinyin Software
However for the average westerner who has no clue much less any resources to do so it can seem a daunting task. That’s where the Pinyin steps in. Pinyin is described as a system of Romanized system of Chinese characters and was developed in China in the 1950′s and is now the official Romanization system of China, Singapore, the American Library Association and The US Library of Congress.
Learning Pinyin is important for anyone trying to get a grasp of the Chinese language as it provides for a way to read and write the Chinese language without using Chinese characters. However the learner must be careful; not all the individual sounds of Pinyin are the same with English. For example ‘c’ in Pinyin is the same as ‘ts’ in bits.
The four Mandarin tones are usually written as
The first tone which is a flat tone,
The second tone which is a rising tone,
The third tone which is a falling rising tone, and finally
the fourth tone which is a falling tone
Thus the Chinese for “hello” will be written as “nÄ hăo”.
Pinyin is a good system to understand Mandarin Language and should be studied by every person who is seriously interested in learning Chinese. There are many resources online that can teach you pinyin. Most of these are software based and are designed so that any person with no experience in Chinese can learn it.
Also if you have children and will like them to get a grasp of the Chinese language then it is imperative that you start with Pinyin. The software that have been designed for children are very user friendly and also are interactive so that children can have fun while playing with them.
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