Speak Chinese Easy - Learn Chinese Pinyin

Learn Chinese Pinyin is always the best way to start learning this language. The Pinyin is the phonetics system that indicates spellings of Chinese with Roman alphabet. With the Pinyin, you will find an easy guide to pronounce any new words.

Before you stepped into Chinese Pinyin, you should be aware of the tones. You must remember the Chinese is a tonal language. If you don’t know the tones you can read click here to read the guide about Chinese Tones

Practice these sounds with the examples given blow which are mostly provinces or cities in China you might wish to visit. To learn Chinese Pinyin, you don’t have to dive into it for the whole day. Just simply work on it for 15 minutes a day, you will easily master it in a month.

Pinyin letter	English sound	Examples
a	ah	ānhuī (ahn-hway)
b	b	Běijīng (bay-jeeng)
c	ts (as in cats)	Cāngyánshān (tsahng-yahn-shahn)
ch	ch	Chángshā (chahng-shah)
d	d	Hǎinán Dǎo (hi-nahn)(dow)
e (varies)	uh eh	érhǎi Hú (ur-hi)(hoo) éméishān (eh-may-shahn)
f	f	Fújiàn (foo-jee-ahn)
g	g	Gānsù (gan-soo)
h	h	Húnán (hoo-nahn)
i (varies)	ee r uh ih	Xī’ān (ssee-ahn) Shíwàn (shr-wahn) Zībó (zuh-bwoh) Sīmǎtái Chángchéng (sih-mah-tie)(chahng-chuhng)
j	j	Jílín (jee-leen)
k	k	Kūnmíng (koon-meeng)
l	l	Lāsà (lah-sah)
m	m	Nèi Ménggǔ (nay)(muhng-goo)
n	n	Nánjīng (nahn-jeeng)
o (varies)	oh woh	Tóngjiāng (tohng-jeeahng) Fóshān (fwoh-shahn)
p	p	Pánshān (Pahn-shahn)
q	ch	Qīngdǎo (cheeng-dow)
r	r	Hāěrbīn (hah-ur-been)
s	s	Sìchuān (sih-chwahn)
sh	sh	Shànghǎi (shahng-hi)
t	t	Tīanjīn (tee-ahn-jeen)
u (varies)	oo oo-we	Wúhú (woo-hoo) Yúlín (yoo-we-leen)
w	w	Wǔhàn (woo-hahn)
x	s (a gentle hissing sound)	Xiāng Gǎng (ssee-ahng)(gahng)
y	y	Yúnnán (yoon-nahn)
z	z	Zōuxiān (zoh-ssee-ahn)
zh	j	Zhèjiāng (juh-jee-ahng)