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Pinyin

Pinyin is the phonetic system of Mandarin Chinese. It consists of Roman alphabet. It is a great tool for helping you learn how to properly pronounce Mandarin Chinese. It is also good for inputting Chinese characters on your computer or smartphone.

Like English phonetic symbols, Pinyin also uses the modern alphabet to build its system. However, you need to learn how to read Pinyin, as the pronunciation of Pinyin differs from English. Furthermore, Mandarin also contains some sounds that do NOT exist in English phonetic symbols.