I am interested in learning Chinese. Where do I start learning Chinese?

Because I need help @ this for school thanks also advanced & intermediate so i can learn them next time note I am a slow learner because I have a disability called: pervasive developmental disorder & I have always wanted to go to university thanks I mean like self studying

I'm learning Chinese at beginner level and I really struggle when it comes to learning Chinese characters by heart.

In my textbook it says one thing, but when I try to type it on my computer it doesn't come up with what the textbook gives me.

i have an offer to study Arabic and Chinese at university, but i also have an offer to study Arabic on its own, will the former be too hard for me, given I am good at languages, but a native speaker of neither arabic nor Chinese? i am a convert to Islam though so i have big arabic interest and also i have two Chinese pen pals who are native Chinese speakers, and my mum is one of their uncle's friends and they have invited me to china and stuff and also the Arabic and chinese offers a year in egypt and one in china? thanks a lot

Hello- im looking for a new theme room and my sister brought up Chinese and I said lets give it a try and i would like to know cuz i need some pictures but if i cant find anyone to help me m moving on to a new theme and i really would like to try Chinese so i hope you help THANKS

I'm learning Chinese but for some reason I am having difficulties, even though it is my third year having the class, it has seemed to have gotten much harder. Please and thank you. Remembering the Chinese characters I can't build relations from the characters to their meanings.

I know there's a name for it, but I can't remember. Yes, I meant "exercise"....it was a typo. Also, thanks for the answer

What does the Chinese Symbol(s) for Day look like?

Chinese words are represented not by an alphabet but by little word pictures right? how do Chinese look up stuff in a dictionary?

Mandarin or Cantonese? I've heard that Cantonese is more often used than Mandarin in countries in Europe (i.e. supermarkets, shops,..) I know that Mandarin is more "important" but I want to be able to put my Chinese to use. I don't really travel to mainland China nor to Hong Kong. I just want to speak with people here and maybe in USA as well. Help!

I want to write some documents in Chinese pinyin (not Chinese characters), but it's hard to find good fonts for it. The one I use looks rubbish; I want a clean font for Chinese pinyin that shows the tones. A choice of fonts would be even better. Are there any programs out there for me? Thanks

This is important that it is correct, please write in Chinese characters. I need to know how to say (it doesn't need to be a word for word translation) these two phrases: 1. Please ship to this address 2. Please give me the tracking number for the package Help, it is important! Thanks! I don't need the pronunciations just the written words. I said this was important, thanks for using my question as an opportunity to slur Chinese people who speak English. Besides, those are Japanese characters.

In the sentence for example "ji ge xiaoshi" -- how many hours? Or "Ni jia li you jige erzi" -- how many sons does your family have? Why do we use "ji" with the measure word "ge"? What is the rule?

您想借什么书？What can I do for you？” How do you understand?

Okay to keep a long story short I had learned Chinese for 7 years from a Taiwanese teacher. He taught me Mandarin and used traditional characters. Then my parents didn't have any money for more lessons because I had to go to college and well it's expensive. Anyway, I've been self learning mainly from the internet and it was very difficult with almost everything in simplified so I stuck with traditional ones first but there wasn't much material. I soon found a lot of Chinese dramas and movies to watch, and even the Taiwanese ones had subs in simplified Chinese. I can't understand everything just by listening, especially with so many words with the same pronunciation and the audio quality isn't the best. Oh and Hong Kong ones normally had traditional subs but the audio was in Cantonese - which I never learned - so those only helped me read Chinese but didn't help at all with my listening. Well it's been 5 years since and I'm still having trouble with the simplified and haven't yet fully got a hang of it yet. Besides I read simplified slower than I would read traditional. Is there anything that I can do so I can read simplified at ease just like traditional? I don't get why it's so hard.

My parents were born in Taiwan, and so, I am Taiwanese. Whenever someone asks me what I am, I say Taiwanese. However, this Chinese person said to me.. you mean Chinese? She said it's the same thing so don't say Taiwanese, just say Chinese. I am not very informed on my background at all and am not sure if she is correct or not. So, my question is, are the two backgrounds the same or different? Thanks!