{"id":8391,"date":"2017-03-17T07:33:01","date_gmt":"2017-03-17T07:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/?p=8391"},"modified":"2024-05-12T09:57:30","modified_gmt":"2024-05-12T09:57:30","slug":"chinese-alphabet-chart-pdf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/chinese-alphabet-chart-pdf.html","title":{"rendered":"Explanation of Chinese Alphabet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Chinese is quite different from English and other languages. With other languages, you usually start out learning that language\u2019s alphabet. Thus, you might think that there is also a Chinese Alphabet. However, Chinese is not constructed by the Roman letters that other languages use. As you can see from the picture below, Chinese\u2019s speaking and writing systems are not the same at all. The whole syllable is considered as the basis of the speaking system, while the <a href=index-1291.html>character<\/a> is the basis of its written system. This makes the language more symbol-based, and this aspect makes it quite different from other languages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=index-1908.html rel=\"attachment wp-att-7035\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=index-1908.html alt=\"pinyin syllable\" class=\"wp-image-7035\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/pinyin-syllable.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/pinyin-syllable-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/pinyin-syllable-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/pinyin-syllable-570x428.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/pinyin-syllable-370x278.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/pinyin-syllable-152x114.jpg 152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Writing characters in Chinese is a bit like drawing a picture. Each character is constructed by several<a href=index-11.html> strokes<\/a>, and it has its own pronunciation as well, which can be transcribed in the <a href=index-25.html>Pinyin system<\/a>. You can pronounce every single sound in Chinese using Pinyin.\u00a0Upon encountering Pinyin the first time, you may feel that it is quite familiar since the system uses English letters. However, the pronunciation of each letter is different from English. The Pinyin syllable is usually made up of 3 parts, which are called the initial, the final, and the tone. There are total of 21 initials, 36 finals (6 of which are basic finals), and <a href=index-148.html>4 tones<\/a>. Once you master this so-called \u201cChinese Alphabet\u201d, you can easily spell all Chinese characters even if you\u2019ve never encountered them before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have made a <\/p>\n\n\n<span class=\"tve-leads-two-step-trigger tl-2step-trigger-8394\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #3366ff;\">PDF of the \u201cChinese Alphabet\u201d<\/span><\/span>\n\n\n\n<p> for you. You can also click to see the <a href=index-147.html>Pinyin Chart<\/a> to listen to the audio of the Chinese pronunciation system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese is quite different from English and other languages. With other languages, you usually start out learning that language\u2019s alphabet. Thus, you might think that there is also a Chinese Alphabet. However, Chinese is not constructed by the Roman letters that other languages use. As you can see from the picture below, Chinese\u2019s speaking and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8399,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"post_series":[],"class_list":["post-8391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-learn-mandarin-online","entry","has-media"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Chinese Alphabet Explained\u200e: Pronunciation &amp; Pinyin Chart (PDF)<\/title>\n
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