CHINESE LANGUAGE

CHARACTERS

• Chinese Characters - FAQ

SPEAKING

• Chinese Language and Pronunciation System

PINYIN

• Traditional or Wade-Giles system vs pinyin system ("Beijing" [pinyin] and not "Peking" [Wade-Giles])
  (Pinyin is the name of a romanized form of the Chinese written language. The Pinyin writing system was created by the government of the Peoples' Republic of China to aid in the study of Chinese. It is the most common form of romanized Chinese used throughout the world. Pinyin is essentially a phonetic Roman alphabet, used in dictionaries and Chinese language textbooks. In addition, the mastery of the Pinyin system makes Chinese word-processing much easier.)