Without pinyin, I would have never learned how to speak Mandarin Chinese by reading it.Zhou Youguang, the father of pinyin, may you rest in peace.Zhou Youguang, fei chang gan xie. Tags: 24 comments 246 likes 12 shares Share this: Kristie Lu Stout About author not provided I'm a CNN anchor/correspondent based in Hong Kong. https://edition.cnn.com/profiles/kristie-lu-stout 55697 followers 53118 likes "http://edition.cnn.com/profiles/kristie-lu-stout" View all posts