Before Pinyin, 85 percent of Chinese people could not read, according to the BBC. Now, UNICEF says the literacy rate in China hovers at about 95 percent. Sponsor Message Lately, Pinyin has also ...

“Pinyin is useful … it helps us to learn Chinese characters … thanks to pinyin, we learnt how to read,” said 92-year-old Chen Douxiang from Wanrong County, northern Shanxi ...

Pinyin is arguably the easiest way of learning ... the endings won’t always rhyme,” says Poon, “try reading it out loud in Cantonese, and the rhymes will become instantly recognisable.” ...

To spell out this passage using Hanyu pinyin, mainland China’s official system of transliterating Chinese characters into Latin alphabetic letters, one needs a total of 17 letters and spaces ...

Pinyin helped to rapidly increase literacy levels in China. When it was introduced, 80% of the population couldn't read or write. It's now only a couple of percent. Despite being responsible for ...

Pinyin is now used to teach Chinese around the world Before Pinyin was developed, 85% of Chinese people could not read, now almost all can. Pinyin has since become the most commonly used system ...