Features of Chinese
 
A Comparision between Chinese Phonetic Symbols and English Phonetic Symbols
Most of the pronunciations of the initial Consonants of Chinese phonetic symbols are surprisingly similar to their English counterparts.
Chinese
initial consonants
  
English
consonants
b
=
b
p
=
p
m
=
m
f
=
f
d
=
d
t
=
t
l
=
l
n
=
n
g
=
g
k
=
k
h
=
h
j
=

q
tr
x

z
zh
=
z
c
ch
=
---
s
sh
=
s
r
r
Pinyin: Chinese phonetic symbols
 
A Comparision between Chinese Characters Simplified and Traditional
Chinese Simplified (mainland China and Singapore)
Chinese Traditional (Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao)