Welcome to Hidden Dragon
Lesson 1
What is Pinyin?
Before learning Chinese, understand pinyin: the bridge between Chinese characters and pronunciation.
In this lesson
- What pinyin is and how it works
- Why pinyin is used across Chinese learning
- Key differences between pinyin and English
- Practice with real Chinese words
Chinese has no alphabet. Every word is written with characters (汉字). Pinyin uses Latin letters (a–z) to represent Chinese sounds.