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!

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！

Just out of interest - people say it comes much more quickly if you are staying in the country the language is spoken in.

Although I often try to obey the "official" stroke orders, there are some Chinese characters in which I find it better and easier to write if I write them in my own orders instead of following the prescribed stroke orders. Am I making a mockery out of the Chinese language and culture by innovating my own stroke orders? Is following the correct order indispensable or just helpful?

am begin to learn chinese language but the problem is how to say the words.can you help me?

I'm thinking of learning Chinese but I want to know what career(s) I could get as knowing Chinese and English, including jobs other than teaching. I would also like to become a pilot when I can afford the training. Would know Chinese help an aviation career?

Does 欣 stand alone or not? Thanks in advance.

:) I’m thinking of getting a tattoo saying one of those things thank you

I'm 16, and I really want to take Chinese. I don't have it at my school, but I was thinking of taking it outside of school. How much are Chinese classes usually, and is it really hard to learn?

I plan to learn at least nine languages in my hopefully long lifetime. Would it be reasonable to devote 10 years into studying each language? Since I really don't think I could I spend just a few years on each and hope to become extremely fluent. Well here is my list on what I plan to learn Arabic French German Greek Hebrew Japanese Korean Latin Mandarin Chinese

I want a tattoo of one of these, but i can’t find any of them.

I've been learning Chinese, and I have learned two different words, that I believe mean roughly the same thing. In what situations do you use 可以? And what times do you use 能? Or are they interchangeable?