But there’s an easy way to learn Chinese pronunciation quickly: through pinyin. Pinyin is a system of romanizing Chinese characters, a.k.a. writing Chinese words with the Roman alphabet.

DSE Chinese exam 2016: where you went wrong and how you can improve “It’s also quite misleading, because [Hanyu Pinyin] doesn’t have the same pronunciation rules as English,” says Poon.

Burt: Correct! Mandarin characters don't give us the sound of a word, so the Chinese invented pinyin to help their learners. They took the letters of the Roman alphabet, the same we use for ...

“They don’t have to rely on Pinyin to express themselves,” says Poon, “since Hongkongers learn how to pronounce Traditional Chinese characters ... of the exact pronunciation of a character.

It's a challenge many of us face, and it stems from the way Chinese names are romanized using Pinyin, the standardized system for Mandarin pronunciation. The transliteration can create ambiguity ...