okay so im just curious. I already posted a question wondering if I would be learning Mandarin or Cantonese in high school and it seems like its more likely that I’ll be learning Mandarin (which I had guessed) and I was wondering how dif they are..i found some people that …
I have been studying mandarin Chinese and every times I speak with people of my age or older, they always basically say the same thing: Your Chinese is really great, you speak very well! I actually beleived that because so many chinese people told me so but one time I …
im English educated chinese guy and i dont know how to read or write but i know how to speak mandarin. what i afraid is that chinese language will be the international language soon as china is getting greater and better. i already feel upset that i dont know chinese …
I know cantonese and have speaking it all my life. But I want to learn mandarin when i go to college. Is it a benefit for me to already know cantonese and apply it to mandarin because if i listen and slow down mandarin (and make some educated guesses here …
I need to learn a monologue that’s in mandarin for a few upcoming auditions. But, I can’t find one anywhere. I speak and read some Chinese, but I am far from perfect so I need to find something that isn’t too complicated. Also, I’d prefer if it’s contemporary and not …
We’re talking about Jimmy Wales, Sue Gardner, and Erik Moeller, all of the Wikimedia Foundation, of course. And don’t belittle the chances of this hypothetical happening — it already came terrifyingly close, once already: https://www.flickr.com/photos/frieda/1729725629/ Now that Mike Godwin is gone, and the Chairman of the Board of Trustees is …
Does anyone know what this means in english? Ni (3rd) jia (1st) xing (4th) shen (2nd) .me? Ni (3rd) jia (1st) you (3rd) ji (3rd) .ge hai (2nd) .zi ? Ji (3rd) .ge da(4th) .ren (2nd) ?
Pursuade me, I don’t care about the difficulty of the language.
I am traveling to both cities and am hoping that if I buy and study a Mandarin phrase book, that will help me to be able to communicate in both cities. However, I recognize that Mandarin Chinese has many dialects. Does anybody have any practical advice here?