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?

Can I say: 我今天在外看书。? I today outside read a book.

How do I know which is right? Like for example, cheng2, chi2

I recently started to attempt to teach myself Mandarin Chinese. I found a good website that is really helpful, but I still have a few questions. I am also trying to also learn how to write and read SOME of Chinese. So my questions are: -Can someone explain the whole "Radicals" thing to me? -And is there a way to pronounce a Chinese character, without know how to pronounce it? For example, like I could make up a word in English, and pronounce it without having to study the word.

i mean it is the official language of china but there are so many dialects i don't know where mandarin is spoken. Also is standard mandarin the same one that is spoken in taiwan?

David ying gai cheng hu jian ming de ma ma tai tai. qi pao tong chang shi yong shen me bu zuo de? wo men ying gai jing chang duan lian shen ti. wo men jing chang mai yi xie cao mei he xiang jaiao

Hello. I'm half Chinese and half Korean. Raised by my Korean mother, I've only learned Korean. Reuniting with my father, who can speak Chinese, Korean, and English has inspired my to learn my other native language. Recently, my father said that I can move to China for 1 to 2 years, in order to learn, but my question is what school do I go to in order to learn Chinese? Is there an Foreigner school which teaches Chinese for people who speak English? Also, how long do you think it will take to learn Chinese? I'm currently 13 years old. Thank you for reading this, greatly appreciate it.

I know there are many variations of Chinese but would watching films help me to learn Mandarin, or cantonese? I realise this question might be a tricky one to answer so a fairly explanatory answer would be welcome.

I know 2007 is 二〇〇七年 - I understand the character for the 1, - , but I also know that when spoken ,depending on the preceding tone, the tone for 1 changes? Help?

I recently watched a film in Mandarin Chinese about a teacher, and not once the word "laoshi" was used. Is it possible to just say "shi" or is there another word for "teacher"?

I find when I pronounce Chinese words, I take longer to pronounce it because of the tone falling rising but I notice other people don't take as long. Why's that? Any tips on to pronouncing correctly and quickly? What are some exercises I can do to recognize these tones better?