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Introduction
- Pinyin is the official system to transcribe Mandarin Chinese sounds into the Roman alphabet.
- It was invented in 1950s, and adopted as a standard in mainland China in 1958.
- Pinyin is used for several purposes, such as learning Chinese, transcribing names and places into the roman alphabet, and used as an input method for typing Chinese characters.
What is Pinyin
from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIxK7mEYFBI
This lesson is given by Yangyang through Youtube |
Four Tones
from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWsgTDoTtH8
This lesson is given by Yangyang through Youtube |