10 April 2019 - Rui Zhao

Based on my personal experience in the UK, many non-east-Asian people have various misconceptions of Chinese language. I'd like to clarify them, and provide some practical knowledge of "reading" Chinese. You'll also hear some fun / annoying facts.

Topics involve:

* what does Chinese, Mandarin, Cantonese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Modern Chinese, Classical Chinese, ... mean

* what are the options to type Chinese on a computer

* why simply using Pinyin instead of glyphs is not enough

* how to pronounce (read) Pinyin

* brief history

* YOUR own question