There are 25 initial sounds in Mandarin Chinese
There 36 Final Sounds in Mandarin Chinese.
In order to make thousands of chinese characters, you only need 413 sylables.
The Initials that do not sound the same as in English are . . . L, X, CH, Z, Q, and M.
The letter system used in Chinese to learn the sounds of the characters is called . . .
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