An curved arrow pointing right. Chineasy is a strategic, easy-learning project by entrepreneur ShaoLan Hsueh that teaches people to recognize Chinese characters through simple illustration.

The markings above the pinyin denote the tone — and while this may be the trickiest part of learning Chinese, the best way to familiarize yourself with tone will be to listen to the pronunciation.

When one reaches advanced level, it is not too hard to learn the other writing system by intensive reading. With computer, to converse one into the other may be as easy as a single click (depending on ...