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 ...
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 ...
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 ...