I’m doing a card for my Chinese best friend so I thought of writing some Chinese in it.. How do you write best friend in Chinese ? thanks for the help much appreciated (: - xo

The first one means Chinese teacher..

How can I read Chinese correctly?

Please help me to find some web sites from which I can download free Chinese Pod cast suitable foe Newbies.

I'm having trouble finding stuff about Chinese culture Yuan Xiao Jie for an assignment for my Chinese lessons. If anybody could give me some information about it (preferrably in simple Mandarin Chinese) that would be awesome!

I don't know how to learn Chinese characters. Who can help me?

Hiiiiiii everyone! I've wanted to learn Chinese fluently for a long time now, and this year my school offered Rosetta Stone as a class. So, I started the Mandarin Chinese course. If any of you know what Rosetta Stone is like you know it's not a very effective way to learn Chinese, unless you live with someone who can help you. So I have a few grammar questions. For example: zhe ge nan ren zai chi fan. I think this means: A man eating rice, or maybe The man eats rice? I'm not sure! please verify. Another example: yi ge ping guo. Could this mean: An Apple? I have many problems with this kind of thing in Chinese! /: hmmmm. Well sorry for the length of this question, and the lack of tone marks over the pinyin. Help would be appreciated. (; Additional Details Thank you! ((:

Hi guys, I am going for a Chinese examination tomorrow and I am looking for a way to memorize Chinese characters very fast. Please guide me. Thank you.

She always say "Ok, good luck, see you tomorrow, la" What does "la" mean in Chinese?

I'm beginning to learn Chinese. I was born into a Chinese family so I can speak about 2,000 or so words, but I can only read about 300. I speak English to my family so my Chinese is a bit spotty too. I already have textbooks/learning materials, but are there any books/sources for simple reading that would help me that you would recommend? I'm looking for supplementary reading to help me retain what I teach myself. Traditional Chinese is preferred. Thanks!

Do You teach how to read and write Chinese characters? Is conversation included for beginners, intermediate and advanced? How much do you charge for the course?

I really want to learn Chinese but I don't have the money to take classes. I've been downloading some great audio lessons with pdf transcripts but I just don't know where to start. What should I learn first? The four tones? grammar? writing ? survival phrases ? I'm just very confused. Can anybody help? does anyone know a good free website that can help ? Maybe that has all the grammar rules as well.. thanks !!!

I can read quite a few Chinese characters already, roughly over a thousand. However I can write rather few. Realistically, do I need to know how to write when my future career will allow me to use PinYin to type characters on a computer?

I speak French and English fluently. (French is my native language). I'm thinking about learning a third language and my choices are: Mandarin or Arabic. Since I plan on getting involved in public/international affairs, both would be very useful. Any suggestions? Have you learned either of those languages? Did you take classes? (I want to be able to speak either one of those and write as well)

I want a chinese book from you. I really love to speak chainese.

I know tones and basic pinyin, but im am stuck on what i should focus on first. Should i focus on the 1chinese characters and develop my vocab 2 study grammar 3 or just more pinyin?