is it about Mandarin Chinese?
2006-12-01 02:41:23 · 3 answers · asked by nealliang 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Yes, in fact it is the system people use to record the pronunciation of Chinese characters with Romanized alphabets in PRC and many overseas Chinese community. Nowadays most beginners of the Chinese language are taught Hanyu Pinyin, even in Taiwan, where native Chinese speakers are taught 注音符號 (another system to record the pronunciation of Chinese characters that does not use Romanizations) instead of Hanyu Pinyin.
2006-12-01 03:13:58 · answer #1 · answered by Singing River 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes.It tells you how to read Chinese. Just like a phonetic symbol.
2006-12-01 11:06:38 · answer #2 · answered by rainyafternooncncz 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is the reconized way of spelling out chinese words using our alphabet.
for more information you can visit
http://www.pinyin.info/index.html
2006-12-01 16:47:38 · answer #3 · answered by mike i 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋