From the aspects of Chinese culture, style, tradition and so on

Can any one name a good book to learn Chinese? Thanks.

So I don't remember all the tones when I'm pronouncing Chinese. If I don't remember the tone, what tone should I use? What should I do?

I would like to speak chinese at an efficient level.

婶婶 or 叔母 姨夫 or 姨丈 pls help me again.

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.

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..)

my email:angelieei@126.com

To get a knowdege is good so that you able to communicate with you people with chinese like eg i have nursery school and i alway look for sponsor i can not communite.

Do You study Chinese Language? What do You think about Chinese Language? Do You think that the Chinese Language is difficult to learn and speak?

her father is not very keen as I am British born pakistani its not that im from a different country he says the language barrier between us will lead to trouble..... I really want to learn chinese i use pimsleur mandarin lesson but know it is not effective enough as having a teacher. I am not sure what course to chose but would appreciate you gettin back to me as soon as possible....

If you can't live in China and don't really have the time for a class. What should you study with? And is it even possible to learn Mandarin if you don't have that much time? After all, the language is entirely different and I'm not a kid anymore. Some suggestions would help.

I am studying Mandarin Chinese and I'm having some confusion with the tones, especially the second tone. I can clearly here the difference in the tones when people demonstrate them, and I can usually say them clearly also. However, I'm becoming confused. I understand that the second tone is supposed to be rising, but my teachers correct me when I say certain words that are supposed to be second tone when I pronounce them that way. One example is 中文 (Zhōngwén). I pronounce it with first tone, then second tone, as I have learned them. But then I am corrected, and told to say it in a way that sounds to me more like first tone then fourth tone. Am I just really off with my pronunciation and listening? Or is there some variation in the way tones are actually pronounced when speaking? Are there any general rules that can help me?

Like if you want search for a specific phrase, story, etc.

I have a big experience with studying Kanji and unlike most of my friends, I REALLY love Kanji! I just love their structure, their logic. Even if I dont know one character, I can easily identify the meaning of a compound word. I find that this is easier for me when attempting to read Chinese. I really want to learn 'reading' Chinese such as sentence writing. However, I get stumped with particles or expressive abstract characters. But once I understand it, it makes a whole lot of sense! What makes it easier is that sometimes I dont have to know the Chinese (Mandarin) pronunciation just to read the character (sometimes unless it's a name, a city, place, etc). So, how can I learn reading in Chinese for efficiently? How do I recognize sentence structures, characters used for particles, or those expressive characters? Thanks!

你们好！我叫古恩庭。我是美国人。我说都英文和中文。这个很好，是不是？ I'm trying to say "Hello (you all)! My name is Gu En'ting. I speak both English and Chinese. This is very good, is it not?"