How do you say "boat builder "and "stay at home mom or home maker " in simplified Chinese Pinyin? Additional Details

How do you tell what occupation your parents have in Chinese? My dad is a ship builder and my mom is a stay at home mom. How would I say this in Chinese?

Is this in Cantonese or Mandarin? Also, what does it say?? 中国是一个美丽的国家

I have taken both languages in high school, but now, I can only pick one to take in college. So, in your personal opinion, which should I drop and which should I continue taking? Which would be more useful? People have told me that French is a dying language, but still, I'd like to hear more opinions on this. It would be great if you could explain your answer, but you don't have to...

I'm mainly interested in French, Spanish, Chinese, and maybe Japanese. PLEASE don't give me links to download something or watch videos. My bandwidth on my internet is ridiculous, and can hardly go to text-based sites without going over. I'm mostly looking into Rosetta Stone, and they look very good, but cheaper is obviously better. ^^; Unless, of course, you could link me to a reliable site that sells them a bit cheaper would be great. Anything helps!

I have already begun taking Spanish (in college) and have signed up to enter Spanish II. I love spanish, but I also want to get the basics of Chinese. I already know basic spanish from high school, but I'm definitely not fluent. My major in International Business (with finance or marketing, I havent decided yet) Would it be okay to just take 2 years of spanish and 2 years of Chinese? Or would future employers be discouraged that I didnt take 4 years of the same language. I really want to take both. I know for sure that I can keep my GPA up with Spanish because I tend to catch on quickly with it, but Chinese is going to be so much harder. Any advice?

I put the 3 after "shi" to indicate that the sound is said in the third tine (down then up) im talking about the same word with the same exact tone meaning different things

My Chinese teacher wants me to email her in Chinese (pin yin) and find an app for word or another thing that i can write in Chinese with. FREE???

Chinese pinyin is the chinese for beginners to get used to the tones and vocals etc then I can learn either mandarin simplified or traditional. does anyone know the colors in Chinese pinyin or where I can find them? Please write the translation of them (etc. in english and pinyin) or the URL to find them. I have searched in google bing and all but nothing comes up, or nothing useful anyway - because its not in pinyin!

can someone translate this paragraph for me into Chinese traditional characters? I really don't know how. In China, Red is an important color for the New Year and they use firecrackers to celebrate. Western New Year is celebrated also with firecrackers. In China, Valentine's Day is celebrated different also. In China, Lanterns are very popular for Valentine's Day. It is celebrated usually by being with the family and having a nice dinner. Finally, people go outside and play.

Just wondering. I want to take the AP Chinese Test.

So I've been getting frustrated about how to use le. I realize it's use to suggest the completion of an action and is not an indicator of past tense necessarily. I am using a book I bought out here in China and the English is not great at times and doesn't seem to even attempt to explain the difference between using verb + le and sentence + le. What's the difference between 他去了北京　ａｎｄ　他去北京了。　Ｏｒ　我买了两件衣服　ａｎｄ　我买毛衣了 (I know one is clothes and one is sweater). Please keep things simple. I'm no linguistics expert sadly. 谢谢

In my school, we have the choice of Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Korean, Spanish, and French. Which one should I take, based on usefulness, and how hard it is to learn. We can take up to four years of any.

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.

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.