Month: October 2009

I was wondering if Mandarin Chinese was beneficial for a software engineer.

General legal experience (family, business, real estate) 25 years. State and local taxation with a government agency 21 years. Fluent in reading Mandarin, and good in speaking. Still working at listening/understanding.

I do not know how to speak Chinese. My daughter is beginning her senior year of high school, my son is starting the 3rd grade. Their school does not offer Chinese, which I think is foolish. I am thinking of setting aside a couple of nights a week where all …

Since Mandarin Chinese is taught more and more in schools, I’ve noticed there are many more resources to learn Mandarin Chinese as opposed to Cantonese Chinese. For Mandarin Chinese speakers, was it difficult for you to learn Cantonese? And Cantonese speakers, was it difficult to learn Mandarin? I understand that …

Doing a school project.. sub question: Will mandarin overtake English as the international language over the next century? (give reason) please help out!

Live life, live love, love life, love love.. How would you say it in chinese (mandarin)? Huo ming, huo ai, ai ming ai ai? is it correct? could you please tell me the pinyin and matching the characters?

I need to put an ad in the Chinese newspaper in BC. I can’t figure out where to send it or how much it is because i can’t speak or read Chinese, unfortunately. I’m looking for my father, and i need someone who can write Mandarin to write me an …

I will take a trip to China for business.but my mandarin skill is zero. I would like to learn something but looks so difficult for me. any idea to get some useful word or phrase with mandarin in short time? Thanks a lot Miguel