What does it mean and how does one respond to that phrase? Thank u! I have a feeling it has something to do with birthdays.

I think it would make a good tattoo.

Hey everyone, I’ve been looking all day about the Chinese alphabet and sadly I didn't find it. I’m learning Chinese and I need the Chinese alphabet. I heard that they don't have any alphabet....is it true??? Please help!!!!!!

im an 8th grader, and i have been taking French for 2 years.. And I don't really like it. And Next year we have the option to take Mandarin Chinese, and I was considering to take that. but people have told me it was really hard to learn and idk.. I kinda just wanna try something new and do it. What do you think? :)

Well, I'm a high school student and most likely won't be able to visit China any time soon, so what are other ways I can learn? Are there any websites/programs out there that have native speakers say something? Also, what is the best way to memorize characters? I'm having a hard time remembering how to write them. Should I learn simplified Mandarin and traditional? I want to visit China in the future. Are there any benefits to learning both? From what I understand, Traditional is only used in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Thank you :)

I've done research but I can't find the answers to a few questions. How old exactly is mandarin Chinese ? Was it derived from Cantonese? Was it created specifically by the officials in Beijing as an artificial language or did it evolve naturally from an older Beijing dialect? Did old Mandarin chinese have more than 4 tones? Any insight you can provide me will be greatly appreciated

I need a program that can take the ping yin and translate them into Chinese characters (preferably for free)

I would like to recommend my parents Chinese news sites...but im not sure what to recommend. They only go on singtao.com, but is the site of a popular newspaper here in San Francisco. Anything else worth while?

I am a beginning Mandarin Chinese learner and am wondering about beginner Chinese conversation. Is it appropriate to begin a Chinese conversation with both Ni hao and Ni hao ma, or is it redundant. Chinese conversation example: A: Ni hao. Ni hao ma? B: Hen hao. Xiexie. Ni na?.... Thank you! (And I do know that I am missing the tones for the pinyin, I'm simply cutting them out for simplicity).

I recently took an interest in learning Chinese, but I don't have any resources. Back when I was learning Japanese, it was made pretty easy and structured. I found many step by step guides on what it is that I should do. 1. Learn the HIragana 2. Learn the Katakana 3. Learn the Kanji 4. Learn Sentence Structure Also, there was a very nice website with the Kanji categorized by grade level making it easy. http://japanese.about.com/library/blkodarchives.htm Is there anything like this link above for learning Chinese? Preferably Mandarin.

I've always wondered- does Chinese have any roots like how Spanish has Latin roots? Where did Chinese come from?

Translated in English please. and what does "leng de budeliao" mean too. Translated in English please.

I know in daily Chinese if I wanted to say January 1st, 2009 I would say 二零零九年一月一日. However, if I wanted to say Monday, January 1st, 2009, would I say 二零零九年一月一日星期一 or 二零零九年一月星期一一日？

My girl is Chinese and she wants me to find out what this means. Its a game we play since i speak to her is Spanish she speaks to me in Mandarin Chinese. It doesn't hurt to cheat just a little.. Please.. I got no idea what this means.

Ok. So I want to get a tattoo in Chinese but I don't want it to look wrong or be the wrong symbols. I really want "Never Again" In Chinese on my back. But I just want to make sure I have the right Chinese words. Please tell me what they are and the pronunciation if you know it. Thanks :)

Its for my tattoo and I need a plain easy symbol (particularly Chinese) for love, life and life. please help me. nothing to long. thank you