It seems a lot of people are emphasizing how important it is to learn Mandarin Chinese, although the importance of it seems exaggerated. I understand the economics and business part, but other languages are important for that also, although perhaps not as much. Another thing is the number of speakers worldwide, I understand that TONS of people speak Mandarin Chinese, but most of them are concentrated in China. Why is this?

Preferably one to a senior and it should be simplified Chinese please.

Be able to learn Chinese in like.. 6 months? I really would like to! I speak English & Arabic & I really wanna learn Chinese. I love listening to Fahrenheit, SHE, & Super junior! Oh, and I love to watch Taiwanese dramas. I already know some words, I can say panda, thank you, bye, annoying, stupid, love, how are you, hello, its you, my, name, is, & that’s pretty much it.

Please give a website that can i study with it..actually,i'm not english speaking but i want to learn new languages..what should i first to do?

I want to learn a new language but i am finding it hard to find the best way of learning Mandarin. Which way/device could i use (i mean like CDs or books etc) And what books/CDs would you recommend?

I bought an external battery charger cuz my cell wont charge the battery. well little did I know that the instructions are in Chinese. im having some difficulty finding a site that will let me input Chinese characters and convert them in to english.oh i cant for get to mention this..... I have no money, so its gotta be a free service. Thanks guy

What are the differences between the two sentences “这件衣服很贵吧(zhè jiàn yī fu hěn ɡuì bɑ)？”and “这件衣服很贵吗(zhè jiàn yīfu hěn ɡuì mɑ)？”

Well, I really want to learn Chinese, is it hard to learn Chinese? And is it worth learning Chinese?

I like Chinese very much. Can someone show me some of the cool Chinese words?

If I say "gen wode jia ren yiqi" -- this means "with my family" What if I just said "gen wode jia ren" -- does this have the same meaning? Is it grammatically inferior to the above?

I have some ducks that I would like to put up for sale on a flyer to a Chinese Community. Please help.

I am wondering if anyone knows how to pronounce Milk in Chinese. I've seen what the characters look like, but that looks like gibberish to me as I can't speak an ounce of Chinese.

I’m going to be a sophomore in high school next year. I’m almost fluent in German and my mother language is English. I’m thinking about French or Spanish, but I don't want to do Japanese, Latin or Chinese? Which would be more useful and which may be easier for me to learn.

Hi will try to learn new language (Chinese or Japanese) and I have some questions. Which language is harder? And how much time I would spend learning it? If I would spend 1-2hours a day learning it. Thanks for your answers :)