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?

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.

"Every day, in every way, you are getting better and better." And also "Every day, in every way, we are getting better and better." I am learning Chinese. I would like someone to translate both of these phrases into Mandarin Chinese with proper Kanji if possible. Thank you!

I'm actually chinese [ cantonese ] But, I don't speak to much of it. I know " Wo Ai Ni " is I love you. But I'd like to know how to say it. Thanks. (:

婶婶 or 叔母 姨夫 or 姨丈 pls help me again.

I need to know how to say "I'm sorry I took you for granted" in Chinese. Me and my boyfriend, who is Taiwanese, speak Japanese as our only common language, but this is one of those rare things that I just can't express to him. If possible could I please have the answer in Chinese characters? Pinyin would be a nice extra but I can find these out for myself. It needs to be right so please don't use Google translate! Thanks in advance to anyone who can help :)

My friend once told me this. Can anyone tell me what the meaning in English of these Chinese pinyin is? I don’t even understand a word of Chinese. - Ming Jong Ju Ding Wo Ai Ni- thanks!

I saw your post online and it looks very helpful but I would be grateful if you could do me this very small favor - how would your pronounce this - 美丽心灵 I mean I need the Chinese pronunciation for this word.

I'm trying to send an email to a friend I met in China, with a few photographs attached in it. How would I say "I've attached photographs of us on the trip" in (Mandarin) Chinese? Having the characters (or at least pinyin) would be helpful, too. Thanks! also, what classifier is used with 彩虹? Is it just 个?

Ok I know this is sort of a dumb question but I'm just curious what other people think. I sort of want to learn Chinese, but I feel like I will just completely fail at pronouncing the words and sound really dumb. I feel like with an American accent, I'd sound really horrible and somewhat superficial trying to speak Chinese. I'm not viewing this as a reason to consider for whether or not I learn it by the way; I just want to know what people think about it Thanks

How do you translate... He who does not stay to defend his family and home when surrounded by wolves is not a true man.

My name is Monica Angel (yes, Angel..)

This part of a dialogue. What kind of tone of voice for "o" and "ya"? li tai chung..."o", shi ni "ya"...ni hao, ni hao

normally i'm pretty good with crossovers from language to language. but i always mess up when it comes to names from asian countries. i know this person, their facebook profile has the english name (chinese name) setup on their profile.. it looks like Xiaowei Dong (董晓玮). of course in english we know it as Xiaowei Dong but translation from chinese goes to Dong Xiaowei. i'm embarassed to ask this but is the person's first name Xiaowei or is the first name Dong when speaking in english? and i am a friend that is permitted to use first name basis. also my chinese is very rough but does 董晓玮 mean something like "Small Throne of the East"?