Most of the world’s languages are written alphabetically; in an alphabetic writing system the basic components represent sounds only ... to it in its function as a letter of the alphabet. Chinese ...

The Chinese write very differently from us and indeed from all other ... But in the following pages, I shall outline some basic facts about the Chinese language. In doing this, I shall try to correct ...

The clip covers greeting people and saying your name. After showing students the clip, practise the basic Chinese greetings. Write down both pinyin and characters of Nihao, Zaijian, Xiexie on the ...