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Articles When learning to write and speak Chinese many people ask about the Chinese alphabet. There is no such thing as the Chinese alphabet. Every alphabet system consists of letters that represent sound values used in spoken language. Each of the letters of the alphabet represents a sound that generally has no particular meaning. Using the letters of the alphabet, one can write down the words of that spoken language. There are no letters in Chinese and therefore, there is no alphabet when learning to write in Chinese. Instead, the Chinese use characters. The earliest form of Chinese characters was developed from the graphic representation of certain objects, for example, the shape of a moon was used to write a moon. As time went on, it became much more complex or even possible at all to represent all of the words in the Chinese language in graphics. The majority of the Chinese characters today do not have a direct link between shape and meaning. What stays in common is that they all represent a concept and not a sound. When learning to write Chinese, you must learn the Chinese characters. Chinese characters represent concepts, ideas or objects. Although there are some relationship between the structures of each symbol and its pronunciation, the symbols can't be broken down into smaller components to construct a new word. There are many Chinese characters to learn in the Chinese language, so it's good to study as much as you can when you are learning to write Chinese. If you are having trouble learning to write Chinese there are sites online where you can learn the Chinese language online for free. On these sites Chinese language tutors can aid you with any difficulties you may be having with learning to speak Chinese. |
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