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the things r wierdwhat r these dicsNDN Firecracker talking about poopyThere are and have been several Chinese alphabets, that is pre-existing alphabets adapted to write down the Chinese language. However, the standard Chinese writing system uses a non-alphabetic script with an alphabet for supplementary use. There is no original alphabet native to China. China has its Pinyin system though sometimes the term is used anyway to refer to logographic Chinese characters (sinograms). It is more appropriately used, though, for phonemic transcriptions such as pinyin.

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See also

• Chinese character classification
• Fanqie
• Transliteration into Chinese characters

References

1. "Does Chinese have an alphabet?". Zhongwen.com - Chinese characters FAQ. Retrieved 2008-05-31.

To translate Chinese, see:

• Cyrillization of Chinese

• Transcription of Chinese