The video tutorial A Quick Guide to Pinyin is brougt to you, courtesy from ChineseOnTheGo.com.

The tutorial is meant to help you gain a preliminary understanding of what hanyu pinyin is. You'd get to know how the system is used, and hear the sounds of the individual letters. It is the official romanization system of Chinese phonetics, and has been used internationally. It is sometime also conveniently known as Chinese phonetics or Chinese symbols. It is a useful tool to help starting to speak chinese for beginners.