You saw how a letter is written and might be pronounced, but there is nothing better than hearing the sound of the letters in a video or audio. The only difficulty is that each syllable exists in 4 tones, first tone is a level tone (doesn’t go up nor down), second tone rises as in a question, third tone goes down and then up as if you are surprised, and the fourth tone goes down as hen you are angry. This is not to difficult since Chinese words only exists out of one syllable, like wo (I 我 wǒ), ta (he 他 tā), da(big 大 dà). So you have to memorize the sound (pronunciation) of Chinese Characters, like you have to for numbers. And so it is in Chinese, Chinese write down the meaning not the sound. In other words in writing numerals you write down the meaning, not it’s sound. But you will understand that it is a collection of 5 items. Zeal (noun) refers to a strong interest or eagerness in pursuing something. This one is also unique because, as Merriam-Webster tells us, it comes from Latin and Greek and was first used in the 14th century. You can compare it with numbers, if you read 5, depending on what language you speak you will say five (English), quince (French), funf (German),vijf (Dutch), pito (Tagalog) etc. Words that begin with the letter z are always interesting. Chinese AlphabetĬhinese has no alphabet, they use pictograms. The better you pronounce a letter in a word, the more understood you will be in speaking the Chinese language.īelow is a table showing some Chinese characters and how it is pronounced in English.
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Without it, you will not be able to say words properly even if you know how to write those words. Learning the Chinese alphabet is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation.