It is in Ping-Ying, a Chinese pronouncing system. It is quite accurate. The only thing missing is the tone --- a Chinese character has usually 4 to 5 tones. Many times, one can guess the tone from the words next to each other. Hong(tone 2)guang(tone 1) Bi(tone 4) > Peter Bi wrote: > > > > >Reached for comment in Brussels, U.S. Ambassador to NATO Nicholas Burns said, > > >"Qing wen, ren min gong yuan zai na li?" > > > > "Would you please tell me where the People's Park is?". > > Wonderful. Thanks. > > I had no idea whether it was legitimate Chinese or not. > > Carrol