What is the best to learn? 1. Chinese 2. Japanese 3. Korean

Please help me to find some web sites from which I can download free Chinese Pod cast suitable foe Newbies.

Next year, when I start high school, I'm going to start taking Mandarin Chinese classes. However, I found out yesterday that I would most likely have Spanish classes for one of my classes in school for two semesters. It's quite obvious that they're as similar to each other as an ice cube is to a piece of hot iron, but I'm still a little worried that I'll get confused; people always told me never to try and learn two languages at once. How could I keep them separate?

Hi, I have recently started learning Chinese, and while I find the characters and writing it very simple, the Chinese tones are quite difficult for me, which is odd because I am a musician so I am supposed to have some sort of an advantage. I think I am saying the Chinese tones correctly it's just that whenever I listen to the Chinese tones being said I always confuse the 4 falling tone for the 1 or 2 tone but never Viceversa. Is it just something that comes with time...?

Can someone provide the Chinese characters and the mandarin pinyin please and if you can also provide the Cantonese pinyin if not then the characters and the mandarin pinyin will be fine and please specify which phrase it is whether its made everything worst, or made the whole situation worst thanks :)

Well, I'm a high school student and most likely won't be able to visit China any time soon, so what are other ways I can learn? Are there any websites/programs out there that have native speakers say something? Also, what is the best way to memorize characters? I'm having a hard time remembering how to write them. Should I learn simplified Mandarin and traditional? I want to visit China in the future. Are there any benefits to learning both? From what I understand, Traditional is only used in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Thank you :)

I am having tons of issues deciding, and its between Mandarin Chinese and Spanish, I like them both, but I cannot decide, which would be better? [The classes cover the culture and history of countries that speak those languages too.]

I'm doing a project on Chengyu in my Chinese class. I know what each idiom means, but what is the story behind it? How would it be used?

How do you say it? Or [are you ok now?] Thanks

I'm learning Chinese from a Singaporean (who is of the age where hanyu pinyin was not taught in school). And I'm confused about "sh" and "x". It doesn’t seem that the pinyin is consistent with how it sounds. Lets go into examples ... ' xie xie - is - shie shie, but gao xing(happy) - is - gao sing, shou(hand) can either be so or sho? shenti(body) should sound like senti, does this mean shenme sounds like senma? Because shi(it/to be) is definitely sounding like sh. Any clarification on why "sh" and "x" can both be either closer to S or SH english sounds depending on word would be great! Maybe you can go to have a look.

Hi will try to learn new language (Chinese or Japanese) and I have some questions. Which language is harder? And how much time I would spend learning it? If I would spend 1-2hours a day learning it. Thanks for your answers :)

I’m going to be a sophomore in high school next year. I’m almost fluent in German and my mother language is English. I’m thinking about French or Spanish, but I don't want to do Japanese, Latin or Chinese? Which would be more useful and which may be easier for me to learn.

im an 8th grader, and i have been taking French for 2 years.. And I don't really like it. And Next year we have the option to take Mandarin Chinese, and I was considering to take that. but people have told me it was really hard to learn and idk.. I kinda just wanna try something new and do it. What do you think? :)

I am wondering if anyone knows how to pronounce Milk in Chinese. I've seen what the characters look like, but that looks like gibberish to me as I can't speak an ounce of Chinese.

I have some ducks that I would like to put up for sale on a flyer to a Chinese Community. Please help.

If I say "gen wode jia ren yiqi" -- this means "with my family" What if I just said "gen wode jia ren" -- does this have the same meaning? Is it grammatically inferior to the above?

Hey everyone, I’ve been looking all day about the Chinese alphabet and sadly I didn't find it. I’m learning Chinese and I need the Chinese alphabet. I heard that they don't have any alphabet....is it true??? Please help!!!!!!

I think it would make a good tattoo.

I'm an ABC, but Mandarin is my fourth language. My parents are Cantonese, so I know they have an accent too. So if they tried to teach me proper Chinese, it would be like an Italian guy trying to teach an Indian guy how to speak proper English. (I imagine the results won't be spectacular). So is there anyone whose family is from Beijing, or otherwise knows that he or she speaks perfect Mandarin, who would like to help me with my accent on Skype?

What does it mean and how does one respond to that phrase? Thank u! I have a feeling it has something to do with birthdays.