I moved to Canada from China when I was five years old, so I never went to school there. I never learned how to read or write Chinese, and now I really want to, but I can never remember all the characters. Plus, I'm in high school so I don't have a lot of time with school and piano and volleyball. Any ideas?

im a get that tattooed and i want it to be the right symbol you now? oh and i don't want the and part just the hope, peace part

I notice 起来, 下来, 出来, 过来, etc. often do not have literal translations in English. What is their function? I'm not refering to their meanings of "come down," "go up," etc. I'm talking about when they appear at the end of a sentence and don't have any specific English translation. How and when should they be used? I think there may also be other examples besides the four that I mentioned. Thanks for your help.

How do you say good day in Chinese?

I'm a female and I'd like to what I can say to get my points acrossed. How do you say: I'd like to get my hair trimmed. Just cutting a few inches and no styling. I'd like to get my hair layered. I prefer my hair thinned out at the ends. I'm trying to grow my hair long so I would not like any layers but to even out my hair length. I'd like to highlight my hair / I'd like to dye my hair. Appreciate the help! Thanks.

How to say “have a nice weekend” in Chinese? Thanks, I’m learning Chinese recently.

I had trouble talking to this lady on the phone. I only knew how to say "I can't speak Mandarin"

热情 激情

可是 (ke3 shi) and 但是（dan4 shi)?

In Mandarin Chinese, 從前, 以前 and 本來are adverbs referring to a past state/action but how does one determine which one is most suitable to use in a sentence?

Today we went over the grammar structure "V着 V", where the first verb is the accompanying verb and the second is the main verb. For example, "我听着音乐做功课。“, which means something along the lines of "I listen to music while I do homework." Or at least, this is my understanding. To say something like "I sleep with the door open", however, you say "我开着门睡觉“, correct? But according to my understanding of the above structure, this would mean something along the lines of "I like to open doors while I sleep.", since ’开门‘ means 'open [a] door'. While this is a little ridiculous, it made me a bit interested. For verbs like this, how would you say something like "I like to open doors while I listen to music", or something along those lines, if that is correct? Just curious if the grammar allows for this, or if it is ambiguous/unclear. Thanks a lot.

For example, this might go at the top of a website as a link to the contact information.. Thanks!!

How to say: "He not only is a mechanic, but also paints cars as well" in Mandarin Chinese?

What does this mean in English? Zhōngwén yào jiāyóu ó ~

how do you say 'they' in Mandarin, I learned it as 'tāmen' but my friend says that's incorrect, now I'm confused. Please answer only if you're fluent in Chinese, no Google translate -_-