Month: November 2010

Any program’s out there that can help me learn mandarin? I visited china lately and it sucks that you can’t speak your own race language.

I would like the following translated into simplified characters. Thanks for your help. "Long time no talk. How have you been? We should meet soon. I really need to practice my Chinese, Everyday I lose more and more. Congratulations on your upcoming graduation! What are you doing after you graduate? …

I want to see what programs or classes people recommend. Thanks

I am on business trip and unable to speak Korean. My business contact there speaks little english. As I will be there for one month, I hope to meet some new friends who speaks english or mandarin. Anyone can help me?

I was wondering if anyone could translate "That Chinese Show" in Mandarin. (please use pinyin!!)

I am just beginning Mandarin and I am wondering what are the best books to get? I have some good online stuff but a book is better for me because I am not always near a computer.

I wish she didn’t make an account. This is my private place and now I feel invaded. I don’t want to delete but knowing that she has one makes me feel like I have to be on guard on what I write. About him. pinyin please:)

–the mandarin spoken in the Sichuan province, or in the southwest of China in general? I would love to get as fluent as possible, and Chengdu seems like an appealing city, and you can’t beat immersion, can you? Any other information on the regional dialects of southwestern China? Mil gracias! …

I’m aware Chinese dialects which have written standard use the same character system, generally speaking, but how different is written Cantonese from Mandarin? How much difficulty would a reader of Mandarin have in comprehending a forum post or a newspaper from a Cantonese website, for example? I ask, mainly as …