How long does it take to learn pinyin

It may seem that learning pinyin is difficult and time-consuming. But actually it is not.

How many sounds are there in pinyin?

There are 57 sounds in Pinyin: 21 initials, that is, consonants, and 36 finals, that is, vowels and their combinations. Moreover, many sounds are very easy to learn: for example, “a” in Pinyin is read as the Russian sound “a”.

How long does it take to learn pinyin?

Therefore, students at our school usually master pinyin within 3-4 weeks. And, of course, other topics are covered in parallel: tones, hieroglyphs, new vocabulary and sentence construction in Chinese.

So pinyin is one of the easiest parts of the Chinese language, which can be mastered in less than a month.