Pinyin Learning Tools by Quick Mandarin ^TM

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1. What is "Pinyin" or "Chinese Pinyin"?
"Pinyin", "HanYu Pinin" or "Mandarin Chinese Pinyin" is a way to use Roman letters to represent the pronunciation of the Chinese characters. Pinyin is a very recent system compare with the Chinese characters. Pinyin is adopted in China in 1979, while the Chinese characters have over 5 thousand years of history.

2. Why did Chinese people adopt the Pinyin system around 30 years ago?
The primary reason was to facilitate Chinese learning and teaching in China. The Chinese characters don't carry phonetical clues like in English. In stead of spelling a word with letters, the Chinese characters are originally ideograms which means it's based on a system using graphic symbols to represent idea or objects. The unique feature of the Chinese language makes the "Pinyin" system relevant and extremely helpful learning tools.
One more important note on Pinyin is that each syllable represents one character, because each character in Chinese has only one syllable.

3. What are the Chinese tones?
Each pinyin syllable in Chinese can have 4 possible ways to pronouce by varying the pitch/tone. There are four tones in Mandarin Chinese. One syllable, pronounced in different tones will usually mean radically different things. This fact makes the Chinese Tone Training an fundamentally important part of any serious Chinees learners. It may sound exotic and intimidating, no need to be! With the help of our Pinyin Learning Tools you shall get acquaintained with it and mastering it very quickly.

4. A recommendation from Quick Mandarin.
When learning Chinese Pinyin and the tones, Quick Mandarin strongly recommends you pronounce LOUNDLY with the recording each time you hear one.

5. The best product on the market to practise Pinyin?
If you have not yet, you owe yourself to try out PinyinPro! By using cutting-edge Pitch Recognition Technology, PinyinPro can conduct instant tonal analysis and provide visual feedback to xompare your sound to the model sound. PinyinPro can help you to master Chinese Pinyin and tones in no time.