Pimsleur very often just ignores the tone of a word when it’s at the end of a sentence-- WHY? For example "Liu jia liu shi duo shao?" -- Instead of giving shao the 3rd tone, it gives it a neutral tone similar to "ma" Why is this? By the way, do you have any good suggestions on how to learn Chinese pinyin?

I’m after speech recognition software to learn Chinese, so it can pick up on my tones. I found Tell me more Chinese 1-2-3 but it's a couple of hundred bucks. Any other out there with speech recognition software to learn Chinese?

I saw it in a HSK sample test. Can anyone tell me what it means? Do you think HSK is very difficult?

when asking someone in mandarin if they want to go somewhere?

"do you like watching TV or movies?" "After history class, we have math class." "How many bats (as in rackets) did you bring?” Thank you!

"The Panda Parade" is the title of my restaurant on a game that I play, and I was wondering how I could translate it in Mandain Chinese.

What does 太超過了 mean? I heard its slang. Can someone give an example of how to use it?

I have to call this person. Our computer lists names by last name first and it says his/her name is "Liu, Hao-Chen", but I think Hao-Chen is the last (family) name. Our computer is often wrong because it is only as good as the mail clerks putting in the name. He/she signed the name "Hao-Chen Liu". So is Hao-Chen the last name? Is it Mr. or Ms.?

Do the Chinese (Mandarin) have a word or phrase that means 'hooray!' - When they would cheer something good happening? Please answer in pinyin alphabet - a pronunciation guide would also be very useful - thanks! Additional Details Whoops! I mis-typed pinyin! Sorry! Letters in pinyin aren't always pronounced like the English letters. 'He ping' isn't pronounced 'hee ping' to rhyme with English 'sing' - it sounds more like 'her pang.'

I mean in Mainland China?

I'm taking Chinese lessons from a lady who was born in raised in Taiwan for 39 years. She's only been in America for 11 years. She told me that "I speak little Chinese" in Mandarin is "hui yidian zhongwen". I looked it up on Yahoo answers and I got "wo hui shuo yidian zhong guo hua".. so..PLEASE CLEAR THIS UP FOR ME?

Hi, I was wondering how long an English speaker will be fluent in mandarin Chinese and what steps should I take to become fluent.

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Cause I was listening to the Jackie Chan version of ILL MAKE A MAN OUT OF YOU. And he sings great but on two of the videos it said Cantonese version and the other one said mandarin version. So I am guessing they are the same??? but just wan to make sure

Could someone who is learning Mandarin that knows how to write in Chinese please help me with my tattoo... I want my phrase in Chinese because I find the writing beautiful please leave an answer. Well I would like to see it in both traditional and Simplified that way I can choose which one I like better, and the phrase is “love hard, live strong"

I was at a Chinese restaurant, and I wanted to know how to ask if they gave free refills. I need the Chinese translation for it .Thank you.