my problem is if i try to read characters (i.e tian1xin4) i cant decipher their meaning. if i were to translate this tian1xin4 it could be trust God or faith or letter from heaven(God).. those were just guesses but the exact precise meaning dunno..clueless.. another is how to put precise pinyin words to form a word… e.g marriage is it just hen or hen li or hen yun i saw hen li used in some articles and so as hen yu/n. another is how am i suppose to know how to choose and properly use pinyin words if they have similar meanings like fu, niang, taitai etc. these are the problems i encountered while trying to learn chinese…