Chinese characters are the system of symbols used to write Chinese. Unlike an alphabet which represents only sounds, each Chinese character has a unique meaning.

Pinyin is a system of romanizing Chinese characters, a.k.a. writing Chinese words with the Roman alphabet. For example, the word for hello, 你好, would be written “nǐ hǎo.” Pinyin is much ...

10 facts about Chinese. Get your head around tongue twisters and jokes. It's also available in Chinese with audio.

Having spent time studying world languages, I have had the chance to learn and write a number of different scripts, from the standard Latin alphabet to the Japanese Kana, and many more. However ...

In academic research, identifying authorship is a unique challenge for Chinese researchers when their names are presented solely in pinyin and might be shared by other researchers whose names are ...