Before we talk about basic rules for reading Chinese characters, we have to know a bit about how Chinese characters are formed.
Generally, there are four main forms of Chinese characters.
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In the mobile era, people are now busy with typing instead of handwriting. It might be good news for Mandarin-Chinese learners.
Mandarin-Chinese is a tonal language. Tones are more like music notes, which guide you on how to pronounce each character. In this sense, speaking Mandarin-Chinese is more like singing.
It sounds fun but might be confusing to English speakers who are never exposed to tonal languages. However, if you know the trick, you will find it is not difficult at all.