Learning 中文 (Zhōng wén),as both right and left brain are active when learning pictograms and their corresponding pronunciation and tones is a challenge but also advantage. Because pinyin 拼音 (pīn yīn) function as a "rib of Adam(English)",since Chinese... is less, can grow to "Eve"--Chinese in way of pinyin. Vice versa, the 26 English letters can be regarded as "rib of Adam(Chinese)"in the form of characters--汉字 (Hàn zì), which form "Eve"--English words. Beside similar shape of pinyin, which can bridge easier, the complecated Chinese characters and the four tones need extra effort.
