Pinyin system is not a wrting system in China - Cchatty

Pinyin system is not a wrting system in China. Most cases, you can only see the characters in streets. Pinyin (syllables) is a tool to learn the correct pronuciation of the character. When you don't know how to read, you can look it up in a dictionary. Pinyin is made up of three parts, initial, final and the tone. Through Pinyin we can learn some words or phrases. For example

However, you should try your best not to depend on it, you should memorize the characters.

Here's a overall picture of Pinyin.


The tone is very important. Normally people still understand a foreigner if his or her pronunciation is not 100% accurate.