Any help is appreciated! Thank you.

Where is the nearest Persian restaurant? 最近的波斯菜店在哪儿？ Is it correct?

I want to learn how to speak Chinese. How hard is it? Is Chinese considered one of the harder languages to learn?

To start, I adore languages. I am returning to school Next fall and want to pursue a degree in a Foreign Language. I need some advice on what to choose. I am between Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, and possibly Russian. I am currently leaning towards Arabic but I'm having trouble choosing in general. My goals are to pursue the language through to a PH.D. and hopefully teach at a University. I would also greatly enjoy working with the government or other agencies and using the language I learned to help others. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I know that the choice is going to be up to me in the end, but advice is always helpful in making a decision.

I can only speak limited Chinese, and am writing a letter to my Chinese friends back in Seoul. If a native Chinese speaker could please translate the following, it would be so greatly appreciated! Xie Xie! "I am stuck here (In New York City) until the snow lets up and the roads clear. And once the snow stops in Boston, I will return back to Boston to spend the holidays with my family. I think we should all meet up when I get back to Korea. If my new apartment is ready, I will throw a big party (When Ingrid returns to Korea, and of course before Jin Ie Jin returns back to Taiwan)." Merci Bcp!

I can't quite make out what it is in Chinese pinyin-- it sounds like "Kan ji ge pengyou" -- they say it translates to "I'm going to see some friends”??

I know in daily Chinese if I wanted to say January 1st, 2009 I would say 二零零九年一月一日. However, if I wanted to say Monday, January 1st, 2009, would I say 二零零九年一月一日星期一 or 二零零九年一月星期一一日？

Translated in English please. and what does "leng de budeliao" mean too. Translated in English please.

I can speak Chinese alright, but my mom wants me to take classes to learn how to read and write. I really hate to do that crap. I am also learning Spanish in school and I think Spanish is more important in America than Chinese because many more people can speak Spanish. I will never in this lifetime do both. What do you guys think?

How do you say, "Sorry for replying so late" or anything in that likeness? I need a native speaker to help me as I don't trust Google translate or other online translators. Thanks in advance!

I've always wondered- does Chinese have any roots like how Spanish has Latin roots? Where did Chinese come from?

I can already speak Mandarin Chinese, although it's not perfect. I'm mainly concerned with learning how to write the Chinese characters. Any book I can buy from Barnes and noble or something?

hi.. kindly translate this sentence even if its only in its ping im form Ni yuan yi pei wo guo wo de xia ban bei zi ma? I only know the first words meaning.."Are you willing...???"then i dont know the next more lines please translate! thank you :)

Although I often try to obey the "official" stroke orders, there are some Chinese characters in which I find it better and easier to write if I write them in my own orders instead of following the prescribed stroke orders. Am I making a mockery out of the Chinese language and culture by innovating my own stroke orders? Is following the correct order indispensable or just helpful?

could you please check this for Chinese grammar and word-choice? 我和我的奴朋友星期五去饭馆儿了。 我点了一盘饺子和一盘与。 她点了一玩白菜和一盘豆腐。 她吃素。我们都和茶了。 我吃晚饭以后， 看我一点儿钱都没有。 非常！我的奴朋友得花钱了。 她现在不是我的奴朋友。 。 。 Thanks!

A Lone, dying Chinese Soldier, in a distant land hides in a hole. He knows he is to die down there, as he has no food or supplies; he sets his radio to repeat a single phrase, in an un-known dialect, though probably a very common one: (this is where I need help translating) Could be: Bai Si [can't tell Chinese pinyin]- Using English phonetics, it sounds like "buy sir" (minus the r) or "bye shirt" (minus the rt). *Bi Sheng" (必胜) seems to mean "We will be victorious". - [could be apt] *"Bai Shèng" (百胜) means along the lines of "100 battles, 100 wins", based off an old chinese proverb (which the soldier could know and find fitting in his doom). - [also, considering the situation] *It could be that saying he is using the literal 白死 in Chinese pinyin Bai (1st tone) Si (4th tone) that is saying "'White/Westerners' Die" - [another apt one, as he was at war with Americans - though including all ethnicity americans, not just whites] What I am looking for is a translation of the original, English sounds under the circumstances that I described with the Chinese Soldier - Maybe it means "Regroup" or "I'm here" or "On Me" or something..? I don't know. Anyone with experience, please help me. If you like, I can give you the context as to why I am asking this question, and will also give you credit on the work it will be used in. *"Bai Si" is also a dedication ceremony in some Chinese Martial Art styles I have studied. This could also make sense. A Native Chinese speaker would be appreciated, but anyone who can help with this one - I'll bake you cookies til the cows come home and give milk to drink with them!

I recently took an interest in learning Chinese, but I don't have any resources. Back when I was learning Japanese, it was made pretty easy and structured. I found many step by step guides on what it is that I should do. 1. Learn the HIragana 2. Learn the Katakana 3. Learn the Kanji 4. Learn Sentence Structure Also, there was a very nice website with the Kanji categorized by grade level making it easy. http://japanese.about.com/library/blkodarchives.htm Is there anything like this link above for learning Chinese? Preferably Mandarin.