If Cantonese was the oldest form of dialect that exists in China, why is Mandarin (a new dialect) considered the official language for China? Long time ago, EVERYONE speaks Cantonese so shouldn’t Cantonese be the official language for China???
I want to translate the phrase: "I love Beijing" Is it: "Wor ai Beijing" Thank you (xie xie nin) [For technical reasons I cannot ask Yahoo answers china]
Im half Taiwanese and speak Mandarin with a Taiwanese accent… But a friend of mine made a comment that Taiwanese Mandarin sounds "fruity" to him (his words)… do you think so? Yes, the accent is very different, but what I’m asking is if the Taiwanese accent sounds feminine to a …
I am trying to learn Mandarin Chinese. I’ve tried to at least six languages. I get past the alphabet, but that’s it. I think it’s because I have no one there to tutor me. So is there anyone who will please tutor me in Mandarin for free? Thanks.
What will be the lingua franca of the future? Will the number of people who speak English as their mother tounge continue to grow? If not, do other languages that more people speak (Mandarin, Spanish, Arabic) gain populatity?
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This is for a medical Chinese (Mandarin) class. I don’t get the r. None of the ways I have seen it explained make sense to me! The explanations that I’ve read seem to contradict each other. My professor is Chinese so she isn’t much help. I need an English speaker, …
How to translate using English letters or Mandarin characters (but Yahoo might not let the characters all show). I want to say this: I bought a product off Ebay from China and it was supposed to come with instructions but it didn’t. The product has a mode button on it …