Hi, I feel attracted to Chinese language, but I really need to know whether Chinese language has become a popular one in the world today?? Besides, which is more popular, Chinese language or Japanese?

“Death and life have determined appointments, riches and honor depend upon heaven.” and also, “Life and death are decided by fate, wealth and honor are from heaven.”

My (Canadian) mother is currently living in China and is trying to learn to speak Mandarin Chinese. She is taking Chinese classes to learn it and is finding it difficult. Do you have any tips I could give her to learn Chinese more quickly and easily? She has been feeling discouraged at times. Thanks in advance.

This is the sentence: "It is not my intention, were it in my power, to enter into the inquiry as to the true method of dividing the cetacea into groups and families"

Hello, can someone tell me what these mean? Thanks so much. 你什么都不做，不用说，我心上的那朵花便朝你开了..... 讨厌你那什么都不在乎的样子，其实心里清楚得很 这个决定，万水千山也拦不住我.....

When the Map is Unrolled, the Dagger is Revealed 图穷匕首见 - tu qiong bi shou xian The word 穷 means poor, why is it translated as unrolled? Can it mean that too?

1. What's the difference between "fangjian" and "wuzi" -- both mean room? Any difference in usage? 2. Difference between qu and zou? "Let's go" is "Women zou ba" can I say "Women qu ba" instead? 3. Difference between to clean "qingli" and to clean "shoushi"???

The way I understand it leaves me confused. Wo yao tang = I want soup Wo xiang tang = I would like soup Wo xiang yao tang = I would like want soup <-- This I don't understand. Isn't this redundant? This is mandarin Chinese pinyin, by the way. Additional Details So, in the case of "wo xiang yao tang", the "xiang" has absolutely nothing to do with "would like to"? The "xiang" is put before the "yao" to make "wo yao tang" sound more polite? If so, then what is the actual definition of "xiang" in "xiang yao" or should "xiangyao" just be seen as one word basically meaning "politely want"?

I want to learn Chinese but I don't know how to learn Chinese. I am looking for advice from others about how to learn Chinese; I do not have a great amount of time to inject to learning it.

It is good/nice to hear your voice. What is your schedule for the week like? (or something that would lead them to tell me what they do during the week, ex- i have a class from x-x and i work from y-y and study from z-z...) When would you be able to set aside 30 minutes to have just a friendly conversation. Thanks.

I know basic things such as greetings, food, a few actions...things like that. But I'm wondering about how to speak Chinese well. I'd like any help about how to speak Chinese fluently.

What method did you use to learn and read Chinese? What mistakes did you make?

I'm trying to memorize a whole lot of Chinese characters in one night and getting really stressed out. What's a good technique to memorize Chinese characters?

I am bilingual in Russian and English (Russian is my native language) and am in the process of learning Spanish. I am planning to learn Chinese over the summer. Do I have any advantages, or am I still going to bang my head on the wall and cry for help? Thanks in advance

Does anyone know of any worldwide (it can be anywhere at all) distance learning undergraduate courses in the field of East Asian/Chinese cultural studies (not language)?

If I study for about an hour a day.

How is learning Chinese like learning an instrument?

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?

I need practice recognizing the four tones quicker. So is there a site or a place I can go listen to mandarin in Chinese lessons and check the tone?