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1. Characters=meanings, not pronounciations
Before we try to understand what pinyin is and why it is so important for Chinese learning, we need to know that the Chinese language is a pictographic language. The look/shape of a Chinese character is directly associated with its meaning, but has nothing to do with its pronunciation.
The Chinese characters are called ideograms. Check the video below to learn what ideograms are.
QUIZ just for fun: There is a question at the end of the video. Answer the question below to see if you got it right. No points are assigned to this quiz.
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