Teach yourself to speak Mandarin Chinese using Pīnyīn
—to teach others the Truth

Tōngguò yīngyǔ zìxué zhōngwén; jiàodǎo biérén zhēnlǐ
过英语自学中文,教导别人真理 

The language files listed below are for use on recent computers that use the Unicode character system.
For older computers limited to the small ASCII character set see “Old Font” below.

LEARNING TECHNIQUE

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ROMANIZED SCRIPT

Pīnyīn—the approved Mandarin Chinese Romanized script.

FONTS USED

·       For newer computers the files on this page are written in Unicode character fonts.

·       For old computers without Unicode fonts different files are provided. See “Old font” below.

PRONUNCIATION—INTERACTIVE GUIDES
This interactive htm file used online calls characters’ sounds automatically.

·       Online pronunciation guide or [Print a pdf] pinyin_introductory/pinyin_pronunciation02.htm—8 September 2017

·       Sound files
Interactive files used online can access sound files automatically.
If you download the guides, you will need to download the sound files also—see “Sound files” below.

INTRODUCTORY LANGUAGE COURSE

·       Introductory Course online or Print a pdf pinyin_introductory/pinyin_introductory01_online3_unicode.htm—10 September 2017

·       Language exercises online or  Print a pdf pinyin_introductory/pinyin_introductory_exercises02.htm—8 September 2017

·       Discussions using incremental phrases online or Print a pdf pinyin_introductory/pinyin_incremental_discussions.htm—8 September 2017

DICTIONARIES

·       English to Mandarin Chinese online:htm or Print a pdf pinyin_introductory/pinyin_dictionary_e_to_m_a5c1_20170909.htm—9 September, 2017

·       Mandarin Chinese to English online (in Pinyin Order) or Print a pdf pinyin_introductory/pinyin_dictionary_m_to_e_a5c1_20170909.htm— 9 September, 2017

SOUND FILES FOR DOWNLOADED PRONUNCIATION GUIDES

·       If you download the guides containing links to sound files, you will need to download the sound files also.
You need to create a folder called
pinyinsounds” in the same location as the language file; download the sounds into that folder.

o   Download Mandarin Chinese sounds.

OLD FONT FOR JASPELL FILES TO WORK ON OLD COMPUTERS

If you are using a computer with an old operating system that does not enable Unicode character fonts, you need to download Jaspell’s ASCII font and use our old language learning aids.

·       Work with old ASCII Fonts and old language files learn_mandarin_language_ascii.htm

·       Manage or convert ASCII and Unicode learn_mandarin_language_font_management.htm

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