Does Chinese language have an alphabet just like English?
No. Chinese does not have an alphabet. The Chinese writing system uses characters and each character represents one syllable. Several syllables may be required to make up one word. For example, 马 is pronounced ‘mǎ’ and means horse. One syllable word. 中国 pronounced zhōng guó means China. Two syllable word. 马铃薯 pronounced mǎ líng shǔ means potato. Three syllable word. etc. The writing system is common to all Chinese dialects.
