Yen Jun-ling/Adeline/Wu Mei (Fifth Daughter) -- the main character. She was an unwanted child because she was considered bad luck because she was told to be the cause of her mother's death
Aunt Baba -- Jun-ling's loving aunt. She's one of the few ones who takes Jun-ling's side in the family, is also Jun-ling's mother's best friend.
Ye Ye -- Jun-ling's grandfather; her father's father. He is always siding the first children.
Nai Nai -- Jun-ling's grandmother; her father's mother. She is the authority in the house.
Niang (Mother) -- Jun-ling's stepmother, is a French woman; married Jun-ling's father one year after his wife died. She takes over after Nai Nai died.
Father -- Jun-ling's father; married Niang one year after his wife died; Ye Ye and Nai Nai's only son.
Big Sister/Lydia -- the eldest daughter; takes Niang's side as the story continues. Married at the age of 17.
Big Brother/Gregory -- the eldest son, next to Big Sister. Goes to England with Second brother for college.
Second Brother/Edgar -- born after Big Brother. Goes to England with Big Brother for college.
Third Brother/James -- born after second brother and before Jun-ling. Is the only sibling Jun-ling is close to.
Fourth Younger Brother/Franklin -- Jun-ling's younger stepbrother and is Niang's little darling. He is treated especially by their father and he loves to see Ye Ye really... really... pissed off and angry.
Little Sister/Susan -- the youngest daughter
Aunt Reine -- Niang's sister; rescued Jun-ling from the St. Joseph's
Uncle Jean -- Aunt Reine's husband
Claudine and Victor -- Uncle Jean and Aunt Reine's children, Jun-ling's best friends
Lin Tao-tao and Wu Chun Mei -- Jun-ling's best friends at Shanghai
Mary, Elanor and Monica -- Jun-ling's schoolmates at Sacred Heart
Mother/Mama -- Jun-ling's real mother
The main characters in "Chinese Cinderella" are Adeline Yen Mah, her father, Niang (her stepmother), her siblings (Gregory, Edgar, Lydia, and James), Aunt Baba (her caregiver), and her school principal, Mr. Brown. The story focuses on Adeline's struggles and triumphs growing up in a challenging family environment in China.
is the Protagonist (the main character). Note, the antagonists are her Stepsisters.
Unlike the English alphabet, there is no ABC order for Chinese characters. If one were to list them all, then it would take a while since researchers say there are over 80000 Chinese characters.
For many learners, they think that the Chinese language is hard to learn with it's written structure and Pinyin. Actually, the characters are all formed according to a set of rules. The structure of the Chinese characters is divided into two main types-single characters and compound characters. There are also different forms of compound characters, such as the left-right structure, up-down structure, half-encircled structure, and so on. As long as you grasp these laws, learning Chinese characters will be an easy thing. Nowadays, online Chinese is a popular way to learn Chinese, which also can supply you with good opportunities to study the Chinese language.
There is none all of the Chinese characters have one syllable.
There are many characters, but I think that the MAIN characters are Phillip Malloy and Mrs.Narwin.
Chinese Cinderella: The Secret Story of an Unwanted Daughter is a book by Adeline Yen Mah. It is a true story about a Chinese woman whose mother died giving birth to her. Her family all felt she was unlucky and treated her badly.
Japanese language uses 2 alphabets (hiragana and katakana) in addition to more complex characters that are derived from the Chinese written language. Kanji (Japanese characters) are the same as Chinese characters.
all the fairytale characters then all the main characters which everyone should know
there is actually on 'the' in the Chinese language. and unless you use pingyin, you can't really 'spell' it - it's all Chinese characters
Chinese, Japanese and Korean all use Chinese characters for words, but each of these languages use them a bit differently. All three of these languages also can use Arabic numerals or Chinese characters to write numbers. Korean and Japanese languages share many commonalities in grammar and structure. Although Korean and Japanese use a lot of Chinese characters in writing, these two languages are drastically different from Chinese.
Not all of his main characters are boys. The main characters of Cryptid Hunter are thirteen-year old twins Grace and Marty (Grace is a girl).
Mandarin and Cantonese are both spoken Chinese dialects, with Mandarin being the more widely spoken in China and Cantonese more prevalent in southern China and Hong Kong. Traditional Chinese refers to the written form of Chinese characters before simplified characters were introduced, whereas modern Chinese typically refers to the simplified characters used in mainland China today.