We needed to do a skit (school activity) and choose a language of our liking. I wanted to do Mandarin because my great grandfather was chinese. My mother supposedly spoke mandarin first but sadly my great grandfather passed away and no one was able to teach her anymore. Anyways, I want to learn to learn and understand not only it's language but also it's culture.

I have a girlfriend in Chengdu, Schiuan Provence online dating. Can we learn conversational lessons? How do ebooks work? I only have a 32 G smartphone and a tablet. Is that enough for ebooks? I must wait to update my new phone on WIFI at the food store today godwillimg. Skype or WeChat recommended? Unfamiliar with both. Thanks, Stephen Horton

What should I take up? French always comes to mind... So does German and Mandarin I guess..? What do you think will help in life and would be beneficial?

Im native in all 3 and wondering from which one I should approach the study of Chinese language. Thanks in advance!!!

Is there a free website to download audio/video to learn a new language on an ipod? If it helps some languages i want to learn are spanish Chinese french latin german hindi arabic japanese korean klingon russian greek italian Portuguese

Looking to get a tattoo and the Chinese symbol for relax would be perfect. Everyone is always so stressed out. Relax and enjoy life.

I heard it in a Disney channel episode my kids were watching. And i want 2 know.

This question is for those who have used the new Practical Chinese Reader Book....I want to join this review contest but I'm not quite sure what to say.

Chinese translation of "celebrity jeopardy" as well as "how many fingers am I holding up"? I’m afraid to try myself what with direct translation not being a wise choice.

American travel experts recently voted Newcastle one of the world's top ten party destinations, alongside the more obvious likes of Las Vegas and Rio de Janeiro, while two British surveys have cited the city as one of the best places in Britain to live and work.

The first tense is: " I want to introduce my finger into your mother’s eye ". And the second tense is: " I want to take my finger out of your mother’s eye ". I have special interest in knowing how I can say "introduce (something) into" and "take (something) out" in Chinese. I would like to have the answer of one person who really knows mandarin Chinese, with its transcription into Pinyin, and not a simple translation of some authomatic on-line translator. Finally, you must to know English isn’t my native language, so hope you overlock my possibles mistakes of ortography and answer directly to my asking, please.

i want to fool my friend into thinking that i speak fluently hehe how can i say this paragraph in mandarin? (you don't have to include pinyin, i can read the hanzi ^^) "I think the best way to learn a language is to speak it with other people, rather than learning it with books. But it's kind of hard to learn here because there are a lot of Cantonese speakers. Every time I go to a Chinese restaurant, I just hear Cantonese... I don't understand them. I was actually going to try and learn Canto, but there weren't enough resources online..." Please translate that like you are having a conversation with someone lol thanks in advance

I've read several questions and answers about Chinese v. Russian, but I'm still unsure. I'd like to learn Russian in particular because I love to read, and some of my favorite books were originally Russian. But I also know that Chinese is the bigger business language, and if you're going to do that, Mandarin is the way to go. Trying to exclude China's advantage in that area, which is the better choice?