I've been taking Chinese with a tutor 1 hour and a half a week for about 3 months I know the basics and now I'm learning the characters. How long will it take me to speak Chinese fluently? I am fifteen.

For example: year 2007 er ling ling qi nian or liang qian ling qi nian ? Thank you for explanation

What are the differences between 号 and日? why sometimes when somebody ask time, can be answered with says 现在九点, but also can added with 钟 (刚好九点钟= It's 9 o'clock). ???

I am studying business Mandarin these days. When we answer the phone, what should we say to begin a conversation using proper business Mandarin? In English we say "Hello." Thank you!

pls give free explicating what is a foreigner. there are many worldover.

I have a Chinese speaking exam but I don't know how to revise well. I know some of it but I really need a technique to prepare for my Chinese speaking exam better! Any suggestions? :)

Mu4 > 目木沐募 Ni3 > 你拟伱柅 how can you use these if they are all in the same tone and sound ? Does it mean that you have to just use them in the right context? Can anyone give some examples of things like this in English to help me understand better? Any links that can help with this will also be greatly appreciated: D thanks ^_^

I know that in Chinese verbs are not conjugated, so I just need the verb. List as many as you know and their English translation.

我是“牛头不对马嘴”的

Okay, I’ve been learning Chinese for a while and I know for a fact that if I can speak the word I can read the pinyin word. Is it possible to learn Chinese characters and not understand pinyin (Which seems impossible)? Because, if you wrote, "Nǐ hǎo, nǐ jīn tiān zěn yàng?”I’d be able to read that because of the words and because of the accent tones and say, "Hello, how are you today?" Answers please.

I grew up speaking Chinese but I pretty much forgot it now. I can't read characters, and there's no one around to speak Chinese to me, so I figured I can review by reading simple Chinese pinyin sentences. I studied Chinese pinyin a little when I was in elementary school, so I know about the tones and how x makes a sh sound and q makes a ch sound. Help greatly appreciated!

What are some of the wisest Chinese sayings? help!

I love animations and action movies that are based in china and have Chinese culture. Also all books.

I've had 3 friends die since last April. I want to get the Chinese characters for heaven tattooed on my wrist, so it's not anybody specific but for losing people close to me in general. I do not want to end up getting the wrong symbol so if anybody can send me a link with pictures and make sure it's accurate that'd be great.

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

I'm interested in spending summer break in Beijing, China in order to learn teens Chinese. Does anyone know a good program that teaches reading, writing, and speaking?

I am going to Chinese Sunday school in UK on Sunday and I am 13 and it is my first time. I will be put in the bottom class as I don't know any mandarin. However I understand Cantonese so is mandarin similar?? Also, how shall I prepare for my first lesson? I don't want to look unprepared because I have been told that all the other pupils are 5 years old!! What shall I do on my first lesson? Thanks any advice will help

I need to know how to pronounce Chinese words I just need a huge list of Chinese words with pronunciation. Longest list gets best answer！