My child is learning to speak Mandarin, to encourage his learning, we wanted to provide resources such as DVDs in his favorite movies (super heroes, Disney, etc.) in Mandarin. I’ve been able to find many movie titles in Cantonese, but none in Mandarin. We would appreciate any help to locate …
My 4 y.o. son and I are learning Mandarin through Rosetta Stone, but we are practicing Traditional writing and calligraphy. Is this a waste of time? I understand that through learning traditional, I can eventually learn Simplified. I’m not sure when we will ever get to China and there are …
I’m talking about tones. Like, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th tones in Mandarin. I’m trying to say "boyfriend," but I don’t know which tones "nan pengyou" are in. It’s been a few years since I studied Chinese. Can someone help me out?
How could I say, "I am Buddhist, I cannot eat meat, fish, poultry, seafood" in Mandarin? I’ve heard just plainly saying that you are vegetarian does not get the message accross in China, so please help me. Also if you can put it in Pinyin & Chinese characters that would …
I’m 18 and don’t want to overwhelm myself too young, but want to learn spoken Chinese. Is it much easier than written Chinese? Are the four tones complicated? Thanks, Brian
I’m going on a trip to China nest year and I’d really like to understand people over there so I don’t get lost and etc. I heard ‘Mandarin for dummies’ was good., though that was from one person on a very old website. I want to be able to read …
I have a host girl from China coming to my house today and I want to make her a huge banner saying," Welcome to Concord" How would you write that in Simplified Mandarin Symbols? PLEASE ANSWER SOON!
as in, for the majority of the great wall. I am adding a pic of the great wall on a website, and I have the choice of putting it on a mandarin page or a cantonese page. i want to know where it would be more relevant. Thanks in advance …
What is the difference between "o" and "ou"? They both sound the same to me.