IN THIS LESSON

Learn about the history of Chinese language, the origin of the characters and where Mandarin came from.

We introduce the 4 tones of Mandarin and the Latin alphabet of Mandarin (Pinyin).

不知言,无以知人也”
(Bù zhī yán, wú yǐ zhī rén yě)

”If you do not understand words, you cannot understand people.
— Confucius