我
I, me
In a word
我们
we, us
Characters are the destination; pinyin is the bridge. Each character is one syllable and carries meaning — and many words are just two characters combined.
These 12 HSK1 characters were chosen because they combine with each other into real words. Tap the audio to hear each one:
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