I lived in China for a year a few years ago and taught primary aged kids basic oral english. I got paid 5000 yuan a month and our apartment was paid (shared with 2 other teachers). At the end of one year we received 00 USD as a bonus (to …
Hello, I recently posted a question in regards to whether I should learn Mandarin Chinese or Japanese, and, while I did get some excellent answers, I have not been able to reach a conclusion. The main thing I am concerned with is: which takes less time to learn well/is easier? …
Here’s it: Happy New Year OR Happy Chinese New Year! May the year of the Rat bring you prosperity and good health the rest of the year! -Please translate it! Thank you! please translate using the alphabet! thanks!
I already tried this site and found nothing: https://www.standardmandarin.com/ I just need to know how to pronounce it or something that means something close to it, like ‘friends forever’ or something. Beware, I have to friends that speak mandarin and I’m willing to double check with them if your answer …
I would love to learn both, but I have learned my lesson from my mother who has been trying to learn spanish for 20 years. Never try to learn more than 1 language at a time. Now I love manga and Japanese RPG’s on the psx. However I want to …
or is there no difference? For example, in Europe, we can tell if someone looks eastern european or not. Is this the same in China? do mandarin people look "different" than cantonese speakers in terms of ethnic group? or do they belong to the same ethnic group? I want to …
Iam going to learn Chinese Mandarin for school as a elective. I was wondering if I go to china or Japan or someplace like that I can talk to the locals speaking mandarin? I also wan’t to understand japanese or chinese tv shows and music! So my question is what …
I have Taiwanese parents but do not like going to community college. I don’t think Rosetta Stone teaches enough.
I’ve noticed that even though my family roots was in Guangdong and my mom was from Guangdong province (I was born in Canada), people in HK treated us pretty well and were able to help us out when we were lost, etc. When I went to HK 12 years ago …
for instance if i write 我们明天可以去香港 (women mingtian keyi qu xianggang) in mandarin, if a cantonese speaking person sees this sentence, will he be able to understand it perfectly just as though it was cantonese (whichever way you pronounce it in cantonese) in other words, is the primary major difference …