Hi, I have a number of questions about Chinese pinyin pronunciation: 1. How do you know when "i" in Chinese pinyin should be pronounced "uh" or "ee" or "er" as in the English word "fur" (examples of usage in chi and shi)? I've heard it as all these ways and am very confused as to which is correct, keeping in mind I am aiming for the Beijing accent. 2. In the Chinese pinyin "e", how does one know if it is to be pronounced as the English sound "uh" or "eh"? I have heard "ye" as both "yeh" and "yuh". 3. Does it really make a huge difference if you give your "ch" and "zh" different forces of air, like I know some of the sounds have more air than others, like "p" and "b"...?

I know it starts with "xiè xiè nǐ "

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.....

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"???

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 want to know how to write: "All the Chinese I know, I learned from fortune cookies"

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

Pimsleur very often just ignores the tone of a word when it’s at the end of a sentence-- WHY? For example "Liu jia liu shi duo shao?" -- Instead of giving shao the 3rd tone, it gives it a neutral tone similar to "ma" Why is this? By the way, do you have any good suggestions on how to learn Chinese pinyin?

I’m after speech recognition software to learn Chinese, so it can pick up on my tones. I found Tell me more Chinese 1-2-3 but it's a couple of hundred bucks. Any other out there with speech recognition software to learn Chinese?

when asking someone in mandarin if they want to go somewhere?

I don't get special tone rules in Chinese pinyin. If there are two third tones right after one another in a word you pronounce the first one as the second tone but still write it as the third tone in Chinese pinyin. Well, how are you supposed to know whether something is to be marked as a third or second tone when they both sound exactly the same in Chinese pinyin? Help!

Pimsleur sometimes uses words/phrases in the audio without listing the words/phrases in their dictionary/lesson guide, it's very annoying. That's the best interpretation I can do-- can someone provide me with tones and correct this daily Chinese expression for me? Thanks!

i'm trying to learn chinese again and i cant sem to read most of the words in the story (in the link) please give me pinyin translations so that I will be able to read this story.. please you guyz!! thanks!! http://i358.photobucket.com/albums/oo22/nichiyo-san/chinese.png

I would prefer it if you gave me Chinese words as well as the Chinese Pinyin.

Does anyone know the meanings/significance of the names of the Kung Fu Panda characters? Specifically Po Master Shifu Tai Lung Oogway – Mandarin word for turtle (wūguī)? My daughter wants to know the Chinese meanings for them. She is learning Chinese now. Where can I find some Chinese for children learning material for her? Thanks!

I recently moved to china. And I need to learn mandarin. Any help here?

I am interested in taking Mandarin lessons, but I do not know how to go about doing it? I am not in college so I can't study abroad. What's the best way for me to learn Chinese?