I don’t know what I did…I was just like hitting the Ctrl, shift, alt, tab buttons randomely and all of a sudden I’m typing in Mandarin only…That would be fine, if only my friends could speak Mandarin too. How do you go back to typing in English? I know my …
English to Chinese translation (simplified and wade giles please, pinyin could help) (Mandarin & Cantonese please) I work at this little wine shop and have a lot of chinese speaking customers, we have a promotion where if you buy any 6 bottles of wines or spirits you may receive 10% …
I get laughed at/looked down on by Chinese people for being unable to speak Chinese. They get all anal and say things like "You’re not a real American because you have a Chinese face" when A) I wasn’t born nor raised in China, and B) My parents never spoke Mandarin …
My parents are Taiwanese and speak Mandarin to each other but I only speak English because they never wanted to teach me Mandarin or send me to Chinese school. Now they complain about how I can’t speak Mandarin and can only mostly-understand it! Ugh. Anyways, I love Taiwan and have …
I took Elementary Chinese last semester and am taking Level 2 in the fall. Does anyone know of a chinese book that has simplified characters and is easier to understand?
I love Asian culture and would love to visit these countries when I’m older. I’m only 14 right now so I have time. I’m very determined to learn and I take my work very seriously. I want to learn the writing and language and I am well aware that I …
I’ve heard that if a Cantonese speaker and a Mandarin speaker are sharing a newspaper on a train, one can read out loud to the other and not be understood, but each can read the newspaper silently himself just fine. This sounds similar to how Portuguese speakers and Spanish speakers …
Even at an Asian-American club meeting I remember someone who wasn’t Asian that mentioned that he thought all Asians were Chinese. It seems like Chinese-Americans or Chinese visiting/studying in America have it easier because of this because they’re obviously Chinese and able to many times speak Mandarin while for the …
I just want to learn another language..can anyone help me