I want to use my baby's English name and surname but for her chinese name, I want to write that in chinese characters instead of pinyin. Is that allowed for Malaysian birth certificates? I know it's allowed in Singapore and Hong Kong.

in/Close to Auburn, Washington?
Im Young and trying to learn a few different languages, and decided Mandarin was a good way to go.
Any classes around Auburn, Washington?

i understand Sabah and Sarawak version of Malay language and a bit of Brunei. For Chinese just Mandarin (level 1 understanding)

大家好!!!
Hello everyone! I'm starting my first year of Mandarin Chinese at College.
I love the language, I'm intrigued by the culture and History....I'm in simply in love with it.
My question is, would practicing Chinese conversation 2 or 3 hours a a day everyday improve my pronunciation for the next 3 months?
For the ones who have studied Chinese, how long would it take to acquire and "OK" accent? My mother tongue is Spanish so it helps me to imitate sounds easier.
Any suggestions welcome! And any tutors too!

I already am pretty fluent in Spanish, and when I start college I am interested in pursuing a third language. I hear from some people that mandarin chinese is going to be the next international business language. Then others tell me japanese is more useful. So which is it?

How many Characters should I learn to master basic Chinese language?

i downloaded IE7 but it was chinese in default. i tried to reset it by going to tools > internet options > languages > language prefrences (i deleted chinese and added english) but nothing changed.

What Is The Best Site To Study Chinese Language Online For Free , And You Can Study The Pinyin Writing Language Too !?

Thanks In Advance...

I read that there is a special word for the vegetarian religion or the vegetarian vow in Chinese Buddhism. But the book did not say what the word was. I am trying to find a Buddhist sect that has a special vegetarian vow and I think if I had the word in Pinyin it would make searching easier. Also I wondered if there is a Chinese word for the branch of Buddhism called "humanistic Buddhism". Thanks!

so i met this guy. he's half viet and half chinese. but instead of saying chinese, he says cantonese-chinese. or something along those lines. because my other friend says she speaks cantonese and is catonese. or is it both?

As a native Chinese, what qualifications should I have to teach a Chinese language in UK?

Ok, so I go to this Chinese school on Saturdays and I am trying to learn to speak Chinese, have been doing so for the past 4 years... and my teacher says I need to work on the tones and my accent, I was wondering if there was anyone out there who would be willing to talk Chinese with me and help me with pronunciation....perhaps through Skype? Please it would be much appreciated, xie xie....

mandarin is a language from china..
gimme correct answer for 10 pointss and if possible gimme the website..

i have always had an interest in the chinese culture and would like to learn chinese, How hard is it to learn the chinese language? How long roughly would it take?

Thank you

I just don't understand why people regard Mandarin as such an important language. Sure, it's the most spoken language in the world, but outside of China, where else would you use it? If you got stuck anywhere in the world, chances are Mandarin won't help...

I'm looking for evidence on why people should NOT learn Chinese as a second language. It's for a debate.

Things like number of people who do not learn a second language, difficulty in learning Chinese and similar stuff would be most useful. I keep getting evidence for the other side... >.<
我会中文，但是我对英文的网站比较有兴趣。

I'm not interested in writing or being able to read Chinese, I just want to be able to speak and communicate with people.

The idea of learning a language in a class room environment is torture to me.

My plan is to use the Rosetta Stone for my first semester and study abroad in China during my second semester. I hope that by using the Rosetta Stone I can have a fairly good understanding of the language and when I finally get to China, my Mandarin could only improve even more.

Thank you for the suggestion, however, I have tried Bablefish and others. They allow me to only translate from Chinese simple or traditional to English.
For example,
If i try to translate a simple word as "xie xie", it does not recognize these word.
Thank you, however, I really
I'm looking for a translator that I can use online to translate Pinyin to English and English to Pinyin. I already use Babel Fish Translation for Chinese to English and English to Chinese. Need a Pinyin to English is the primary need

How to invite the student from China to itself on a visit. The purpose-studying of the Chinese language.

I wanna learn mandarin chinese pronunciation!?
i want a website giving detailed explanation and audio-visual aids like the following one.

http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/

I always thought the official chinese language was mandarin, but people have told me that it is called "chinese". Who is correct?

I'm 24 yrs of age n am a foreign worker in Singgapore.I wanna speak Mandarin very well.Any suggestions!

I want to learn cantonese language that's why im looking for a school or tutorials that offers it.Im staying here in alabang so any school that offers cantonese language around metro manila will do.Please help me.Thanks

I have seen this in writing on Chinese blogs. However, without the accent marks, I can't determine what this phrase means. Thank you.

Can any regular viewers of the PCNE channel (available in Europe via Sky digital, 28.5E) tell me whats the balance in approximate percentage terms of the amount of programming it provides in Mandarin and Cantonese?

I'm more interested in Cantonese programming and news, i.e. do they have regular news reports/programs in Cantonese on this channel?

Does programming in Mandarin have subtitles?

Thank you.

I'm trying to learn Chinese and I feel that reading a book and repeatedly listening to the audio would be a great way to really help me learn the language well. Thanks!

I know the "technical" tones are Wo(3) xiang(3) qing(3) ni(3) chi(1) wan(3) fan(4). BUT, I thought the rule was that if there are 2 third tones, the first word becomes second tone. So how come when I listen to pronunciation it sounds like Wo(3) xiang(3) qing(2) ni(3) . . . ?

MY friend says if you're asian and you take Mandarin as a foreign language in high school, good colleges won't like it or even accept it.
I don't know Mandarin though.

i have a toshiba m825 laptop. it is full chinese language. i want to have it in english. i don't understand any chinese. how can i install english language pack?
it is windows vista home basic.

I took Spanish in high school, but I don't really enjoy it. I either want to take French, Mandarin or Arabic next year. I will probably be a businessman so I am wondering which language will be the most useful? China is a rapidly growing power, so I thought Mandarin may be useful, but on the other hand French is good to know (especially in the fashion business) because so many people speak it. Which language do you feel would be most useful in this day and age in business?

i really want to learn mandarin(a form of chinese language), and i want to be able to speak it fluently as soon as i can. can anyone give me some sites or recommend some ways of learning it plz. and how long wud it take?
Thx!

because theres some really good chinese songs that are either already translated into pinyin or chinese but i really want to know what it means and i dont understand pinyin or chinese!

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learn Mandarin? Why or why not? I suck at learning languages, I admit.

I will be a senior this year in high school. I would like to find a good college in Missouri that offer a Chinese language program. I want to continue learning Chinese after high school because I want to become a Chinese language interpreter and later on a Chinese teacher. I want to find a nice College that will offer an exchange program so I can go over to China/ Taiwan to study. So can anyone recommend any colleges?