The mini-guides below will give you an insight into the Chinese tones and characters as well as pinyin. There's also a section on useful sites elsewhere.

This is a mini-guide to Chinese tones. You can either click "Start" and you will be guided from one section to another or you can click on the right-hand side to go to the section of your choice.

Speak excellent Chinese with accurate pronunciation and tones, OK if in slightly lower than natural speed. Understand basic grammar rules. Be able to engage in communications on topics taught in the ...

“some of the Cantonese tones are derived from classical Chinese, which was developed over a thousand years ago.” Zhou Youguang, whose Pinyin writing system helped modernise China, dies at 111 ...

Pinyin is a system of romanizing Chinese characters ... There are five different tones: Though most native speakers will be able to understand what you mean if you don’t use tones based on ...

During the years that followed, Zhang joined Toronto Chinese Peking Opera Society, and she provided audiences with ...

But nearly every Chinese character can be represented in Hanyu Pinyin using a combination of initials, finals and tones. When writing the first draft of his Hanyu Pinyin proposal, Zhou remembers ...