PinyinQues

Pinyin: Questions to Consider media type="file" key="pinyin questions.mp3"

Choose three of the following questions. Think about them, then write up a short paragraph for each and email it to the instructor. You do not need to do any research to find the answers; these are questions for you to think about.

Is Pinyin Chinese?

Is one romanization system better than another?

Why do Chinese students have to use pinyin?

How did Chinese people learn Chinese before there was romanization?

Why are certain letters - x, c, z - pronounced differently in pinyin than in English?

Why is Mao's name sometimes written Mao Ze Dong and sometimes written Mao Tse Tung?

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