Learn Chinese I A [Beginners]

Basic: Punctuation/ Writing structure

Keys: This is how the writing will follow.
•English meaning
••Pinyin (And also how to pronounce it)
•••Chinese

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Question Mark: Question mark stays the same when writing English/Chinese/Pinyin.

This is a question mark: ?

Example:

•How are you?
••nǐ hǎo ma?
••• 你 好 吗 ?

Period(Full Stop): Period looks different when you write it in Chinese/Pinyin. Period is a dot when writing in English, but its an open circle when writing Chinese/Pinyin.

This is a Period (Full Stop): 。

Example:

•I'm very good.
••wǒ hěn hǎo。
••• 我 很 好 。

Exclamation Mark: Exclamation mark is the same for English/Pinyin/Chinese.

This is an Exclamation Mark: !

Example:

•Hello!
••ni hao!
•••你 好!

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Writing Structure:

*There are no 'Capital' Letters when writing in Pinyin.

Example: nǐ hǎo ma?

*What is Pinyin?

The standard system of romanized spelling for transliterating Chinese.

Example:

•I'm very good.
••wǒ hěn hǎo 。[This is Pinyin]
••• 我 很 好 。