ALL 26 LETTERS OF THE ALPHABET

A
诶
ēi

B
比
bǐ

C
西
xī

D
迪
dí

E
伊
yī

F
艾弗
ài fú

G
吉
jí

H
艾尺
ài chǐ

I
艾
ài

J
杰
jié

K
开
kāi

L
艾勒
ài lè

M
艾马
ài mǎ

N
艾娜
ài nà

O
哦
ó

P
屁
pì

Q
吉吾
jí wú

R
艾儿
ài ér

S
艾丝
ài sī

T
提
tí

U
伊吾
yī wú

V
维
wéi

W
豆贝尔维
dòu bèi ěr wéi

X
艾克斯
yī kè sī

Y
吾艾
wú ài

Z
贼德
éi dé


Research has revealed that the Chinese language has no alphabet. The Chinese written language does not have an alphabet in the traditional sense of a set of letters that are combined to represent the sounds of words. The idea of the alphabet can be helpful, though, in understanding how Chinese characters are constructed. Just as a standard alphabet consists of a small number of letters that can be recombined to form a large number of words, so the "Chinese alphabet" consists of a (relatively) small number of structural elements that are recombined to form a much larger number of characters.